Seeds! Seeds! Seeds!
As much as possible, I try to start all my own vegetables from seed. Here's why: Plants I start always--always--out-perform starts I buy in the nursery. And yeah, even the "good" nurseries. I don't know why, they just do. Have you seen the price of plants lately??!! For the price of one 4" start, I can buy a packet of seeds that will, if stored properly, last me 5-6 years. Absolute control for the control freak: I get to grow exactly what I want, when I want. No driving around, no "waiting till they come in", or rushing to buy early before they sell out. My most favorite cold winter activity is thumbing through seed catalogs dreaming of spring. This blog has no shortage of posts about starting plants from seed. You can click on this link to see them all: Seed Starting Blog Posts Over the years, I've experimented a lot and have finally settled on a few things I doubt I'll ever change. The first is: The light se...
