If you are relatively new to gardening, starting plants from seed may seem a little daunting. But if you choose the right plants, and know when to start them, it’s pretty easy! Plus you can save big bucks and get a better selection of plants. I only grow flowers that are easy to start from seed, and veggies that are worth the effort i.e. easy to grow (lettuce, carrots) or taste infinitely better fresh than what you can get at the grocery store (tomatoes, peas).
Here are my tomato seedlings under lights in the basement. Aren’t they cute? They are short-season varieties so that I can have fresh tomatoes in July. I have also started agastache foeniculum “aurea” and verbena bonariensis (for the butterfly garden), salvia “marble arch”, hesperis matronalis (dame’s rocket), nicotiana sylvestris and castor bean “impala”.
Other faster-growing annuals and veggies can be started from seed in April or sown directly into the garden in May.
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