Missouri-based seed catalog and retailer Baker Creek was founded by Jere Gettle as a hobby. Raised on a homestead in the Ozarks, he started gardening at age 3 and learned to read by poring over his ...

As gardeners curl up on the couch each January, dreaming of abundant summer, a war of words rages in that cozy corner of literature inhabited by seed catalogs. It’s your wits against those of seedsmen ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Each December welcomes the arrival of the Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds ...

It is time for all good gardeners to start ordering their vegetable seeds for the coming season, if they have not already. Here are some more great seed catalog companies. Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds ...

I got a book in the mail the other day that I think would make a great gift for some of the folks on your holiday list. Surprisingly, it’s The Whole Seed Catalog from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Stay ...

I know it’s only January, but thanks to an oversized, glossy seed catalog published in the decidedly non-Gaylord growing world of Mansfield, Mo., I’m getting geeked about planting my garden this ...

Seed catalogs are what sustain most gardeners in the pit of winter, the pictures of bright blooms and fleshy melons stoking their fantasies. When my mother-in-law sent me the beautiful Baker Creek ...