This is the first year several of them arrived this early... but with the wind-chill factor at -24 C. here, dreaming of gardens makes a great antidote for winter here in the north.
To the other gardeners here, where do you get your seeds? Does anyone else here save their own seeds?
I save my own (open-pollinated) seeds for beans, peas, herbs, and fall garlic; trade seeds locally for some varieties, and order the rest, mostly from Richters.com (herbs), from Saltspring Seeds in B.C. (heirloom vegetables), and Hawthorn Farms in Ontario (great selection of organic vegetable seed). We have a relatively short growing season, so some crops can't produce viable seed here.