Yeah me too, usually order around Xmas but I'm bumping it up to Thxgiving this year, just need to remind myself.

The pandemic caused many to consider vegetable gardening for the first time. That could have been a good thing for all concerned (and for gardening in general) if the seed houses had adjusted to the increased demand - but they didn't. Demand far outstripped the supply in 2021. Thus far, I've seen little to indicate that 2022 will be any different. With the pandemic not yet over, supply-chain issues threatening food insecurity, and perhaps even more first-time gardeners... it would be wise to check websites often, and order as early as possible.

The thing is, most of the seed companies appear to be making seed available at their normal times. Some of this is undoubtedly due to processing time for the 2021 seed harvest, but I can't escape the feeling that the seed industry as a whole is having a hard time dealing with this new reality. Regardless of when seed becomes available, the most popular varieties will likely sell out very quickly. Only time will tell if they have increased their seed supply.

Same as you, I usually don’t order seeds until Jan/Feb… since I couldn’t find the varieties I wanted last year, I checked for availability recently and placed my order on Friday.

I have ordered all my seed for next year already also. I think if I wait I may not get some things I want. I also wanted to get flower seeds that will work well with the seeds I still have. I plan to do more wintersowing so I have to be prepared. I will still look at any catalog that comes here and dream about more space and time to garden.

I got the Johnny's catalog earlier in the week and haven't even looked at it yet. Almost all of my attention is being pulled to inside projects right now -- no mental capacity to plot out next year's garden, plus I'm not in the mood yet, that is a winter-time activity for me :0).

I do know I'm not going to order as many things this year, I have lot of seed from last year so I don't need much -- probably not anything, really, except some fresh tomato seed (because I got some sort of funky foliar disease with poor yields this season, even on my Sweet Million, which I've never had a problem with in oh, say, 20+-odd years of growing that variety -- so my money is on something in one of the varieties of tomato seeds was infected with something).

Got my seed order in a-ok yesterday, Willhite Seed, 8 varieties all still in stock.

I got my orders in today. I ended up needing a few more things than I originally thought when I went through my seeds. The only thing I wasn't able to get was Magellan Yellow zinnia. Still, I don't like having to order so early -- I thoroughly enjoy poring over seed and gardening catalogues and plotting and planning while the snow is flying, but the way things are now that's a gamble.

I don't see Magellan Yellow available, either. You might be able to use Preciosa Yellow

Thanks, Zen. Have you grown the Preciosa? If so, can you compare the color to the Magellan Yellow? I don't care for lemon yellows, but I do like a golden yellow. I did order 2 packets of Benary's Giant Golden Yellow from Swallowtail -- Johnny's noted a crop failure so glad I was able to snag them this year.

ETA: Magellan Yellow has been pretty popular at the nurseries around here, maybe I can pick up some plants locally if they were able to get seed. Hope it's not discontinued, it's a great performer.