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Why Gardeners in Texas Are Skipping Seed Catalogs This Year—and What They’re Doing Instead

January 17, 2026 by Brandon Marcus Leave a Comment

Why Gardeners in Texas Are Skipping Seed Catalogs This Year—and What They’re Doing Instead

The mailbox used to be the most exciting place for a Texas gardener in winter. Glossy seed catalogs promised perfect tomatoes, flawless zinnias, and harvests so abundant they bordered on fantasy. This year, though, something wild is happening across the Lone Star State. Those catalogs are piling up unopened, while gardeners are busy doing something…

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The buzz around pollinators keeps getting louder, and for good reason. Bees, butterflies, beetles, and even bats hold entire ecosystems together, yet their numbers keep dropping at a worrying pace. Everyone hears the same advice: plant more flowers. That sounds great until space runs out, budgets tighten, or climates refuse to cooperate. A yard, balcony,…

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