I really want to get started but its still too cold even to start them inside. I did try cleomes just to see if they would start, but nothing yet. Guess I just need to be a little more patient and start about March. Maybe if I try the 'baggy' method just maybe something will start. Some other ideasI may want to try are -hydroponics and plant reproduction. I like cutting off a piece of plant to make a new plant. coleuses work good for this. spider plants are of course too easy.
Oh yes! I've been wintersowing everything since Dec. 2003. This year I'm a little late and just started 2 days ago! If you don't know what wintersowing is, it is a method of sowing seeds into recycled containers with ventilation and drainage and tossing them outside! Perennials and hardy annuals (most which are self-sowing) can go out as early as December followed by the more tender things closer to spring. Last year I had 117 containers sown, and my normal is around 70 Here is what I've sown since Feb. 16th: All seed from trades and my own harvest 1. Hibiscus...from 'Moy Grande' 2. Kiss-Me-Over-the-Garden-Gate (KMOTGG) 3. Helenium, red 4. Rhubarb 5. Pulsatilla (Pasque Flower) 6. Asclepias tuberosa 7. Asclepias incarnata 8. Valeriana officinalis (Valerian) 9. False Solomon's Seal 10. Petunia multiflora 'Dolce Flambe' 11. Papaver 'Lauren's Grape' 12. Papaver 'Danish Flag' 13. Clarkia amoena (Godetia) 14. Cynoglossum amabile (Chinese Forget-me-Not) 15. Cerinthe major (Blue Shrimp Plant) 16. Matthiola incana 'Giant Imperial' 17. Borage 18. Delphinium 'King Arthur' 19. Delphinium 'Early Guardian Blue' 20. Lychnis viscaria ( German Catchfly) 21. Lovage If you want to know more about this method of sowing seeds: http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/wtrsow/ It's so exciting to share this with others Wintersown Containers on April 2008 ( photo / image / picture from Vera_eastern_wa's Garden ) [/img][/url]
