Do you remember the Sears Wish Book? The arrival of the current issues of garden seed and plant catalogues is just as exciting!  There’s the breathless anticipation of what new and wonderful things are contained inside—eager to crack the catalogue open but wanting the moment to just be right—to give it the attention it deserves.

Then there’s the initial flip through the pages, with the oohs and aahs for the photos of the spectacular new varieties of plants. And just as there was for the Wish Book, there’s the compilation of items to be added to the wish list. Then,...