Started 1997 when then 17-year-old Jere Gettle printed his first catalog of heirloom seeds, the catalog offers over 2000 varieties of heirloom vegetables, flowers and herbs from all over the world.

The problem is that the drawers on an average card catalog are small — they're designed to hold cards that measure either 2 inches by 5 inches or 3 inches by 5 inches.

The late winter tsunami of garden-seed catalogs flooding local mail boxes is well underway. The closer we get to the changing of seasons, the quicker they come. Any seed company worthy of pitching ...

Everyone on the team of about 18 full- and part-time staff members knows what it feels like to contribute to the effort that sent nearly 30,000 seed packets to more than 200 farms and 4,500 ...

Color lithographic seed catalogue cover for the Storrs & Harrison Co. seed company, “Spring 1898.” The cover features an illustration of a Victorian house with an expansive lawn with a circular flower ...

In the depths of winter, looking through a seed catalog is the gardener’s equivalent of planning a summer vacation—a chance to fantasize about warmer days ahead. What's even more fun is ...

Area libraries, including those in Homewood, Park Forest and Blue Island, are repurposing old card catalog cabinets to house flower and vegetable seeds, encouraging people to donate their leftovers… ...

Seed cards and nursery catalogs document the history of the seed and agricultural business in the U.S. These popular collectors’ items of the time document the era’s graphic arts in advertising and ...

I read -- with great enjoyment and edification -- your article about seed catalogs [“Our Kind of Summer Reading,” Aug. 4]. One of the catalogs I use most often is Pinetree Garden Seeds. The ...

Nothing can put pep in a gardener’s step like receiving seed catalogs after the holidays are over and cabin fever has set in. The vibrant and colorful pictures are enticing and can make you want to ...

Pulling open a drawer from an old-fashioned, wooden card catalog, visitors to the Austin Public Library’s Central Library won’t find small cards listing titles of books. Instead, they can pick ...

When I went to get my mail the other day, my mailbox was stuffed so full I could barely get my hand inside to pull the mail out.