Catalogs...

Here in Arizona, the seasons are all topsy turvy.  I've been excited this week to get the latest copy of Thompson and Morgan's Seed Catalog.

I'm already late in getting in much of the fall veggies.   Or rather, I would be if I had prepared ground for such this year.  I was hoping to get a patio tomato going, and I may still have time for that.   

So the arrival of catalog was late!  Even though I received it in November!  How very strange is this desert living. 

Any way, like any avid gardener, I immediately began the journey through the pages, and all over the world, looking for likely candidates for MY little patch of ground.  Mark is used to my moaning over catalogs.  This time, though, he did a double take. 

"Moan" said I, "zone 8," with a sigh. 
He shook his head.  "That's backwards," he said.
I nodded.  "I never thought I'd be on the wrong side of zone 8, that's for sure."

What a strange, strange thing. 

Meanwhile, in all the time I haven't been posting, I've been busy.  The weather FINALLY cooled off enough to open the windows at night, and we've been sleeping well.  We've started hiking the McDowells on the weekends.  I've got Bailey signed up to start agility training in a few short weeks.

Busy, busy, busy. 

I do have a growing collection of patio plants, and I do intend to get around to posting a few photos... one of these days.  I haven't forgotten y'all.

Comments

[Kathy]

You are late. I got my T&M catalog in October.

[jenn]

Ha! Kathy, that's funny. I had to go out to there site and renew my catalog request, since I moved I hadn't notified them. Which explains why I was so far behind the mass mailing in October. ...

[Annie in Austin]

It's good to hear from you Jenn - those cool sleeping nights are so welcome when they come, aren't they? We've had some, too.

In Austin we plant shrubs, trees and perennials in fall and winter so most of the national catalogs won't work for us either. Have fun hiking!

Annie at the Transplantable Rose

[lily]

Bailey will be so good at agility training! :)

[Rurality]

Seed companies everywhere must have heard about our miserable excuse for a garden this past year... no catalogs for us so far!

[Bogie]

Glad to see a new post!

Being on the wrong side of zone 8 that way (I assume you are too warm) is just plain strange.

[Kylee]

Great photo of your doggies!

The daughter of one of my friends moved from here in Ohio to Albuquerque and she had to get used to a total change in her garden, too. An adventure, right? ;-)