I am in need of a distraction, so this weekend I am getting out the new seed catalogs and making lists, and checking them twice. I start with a fixed amount which becomes a small percentage of what I will spend. This is something I go through every year, knowing the plants I come to cannot be found at area greenhouses or on store shelves.
I will buy a rare and exotic seed packet, something just to try. They usually contain 10 seeds with only one that will germinate. This happened last year to some double coreopsis, one plant made it and was transplanted last spring in which the dog decided to anoint the plant. It died.
I will make a vow not to make the garden and flowerbed bigger to accommodate the surplus plants. I will not germinate too many seeds, if I do, throw some away.