nmgirl - they had the Lynn Olsen book OK, but it was going to be coming from Amazon America anyway, plus it was going to cost £74.48 plus P&P, instead of $30 plus P&P. The two books I ordered from Amazon America came to $56.46 inc. P&P. That's an almighty difference. I'm not going to buy from Amazon UK in the future without checking on Amazon America first. £74.48 = Â107.44 (plus P&P on top) for just one book from Amazon UK $56.46 = Â46.40 (inc. P&P) for two books from Amazon America

Thanks to hostarookie for keeping the count & doing the Excel spreadsheet! Posts through 12:00 noon on 3/3/11 are included here, others will be included next time. Please post any corrections & we will work on them! Zone Wars Total: 9938 Please post here with your current TOTAL count. Happy sowing! Zone 4 = 821 201 brambleoak ~~1 curt grow ~31 dieg01991 151 dirtbert ~10 missanissa z4 ~~8 mnwsgal ~18 noinwi 153 sandysgardens ~36 tamamaroo124 212 worthgold1 Zone 3 = 4 ~~4 nutsaboutflowers Zone 5 = 3469 190 adamark ~61 amybeth82 ~76 bookjunky4life ~81 cab321 ~56 cottagedreamer ~92 daisydawnny ~23 dirtgently ~~4 edie h ~68 floodthelast 101 gardenunusual ~25 highalttransplant ~20 indiana.matt 150 ishareflowers ~12 jessew 319 jim49631 505 jodie74 114 judiohz5 107 just1morehosta ~35 karendee 163 katmatney ~~9 kvenkat ~25 lilblossom ~29 lily55rjw ~40 marthacr ~20 mastergardener2003 ~28 momstar ~42 mrs.b in wy ~28 nancyplants ~~4 not a contessa ~27 ohioveggies 121 paulan70 ~44 pvmiscaccount ~85 rbrady 110 rosemctier ~97 sjc48 ~59 skywaitress 245 snapdragon36 ~24 strmywthr3 ~36 tempusflits ~12 terrene ~13 TheGirlNtheDirt 119 wren1 ~50 yellowflowerpot Zone 6 = 2747 ~18 aggiebee ~49 anthemion ~10 bakemom ~~4 caryltoo 123 countrycarolyn ~21 ctcfo 244 granny123-2006 289 hostarookie ~60 jlhart76 ~93 kimka 191 ladyrose65 364 lgslgs 127 livsauntieshel ~53 lois 127 marie of roumania ~27 mechele211 ~39 michiet ~66 moon458 ~52 moonwolf ~36 ohiovalleygardener ~32 onedaylily ~~8 orcascove ~~6 palmetto gardener ~~5 plantrancherbecca ~31 prairiemoon2 ~27 sandy1186 ~39 sandysoil2008 ~96 serenae ~65 slackermom ~32 stlgirl ~54 suecirish ~74 tepelus ~39 terryj09 136 weebay 110 ymaddox Zone 7 = 2135 ~91 aklinda 198 corrine1 ~42 daffodillady 110 drippy ~20 faunus ~~9 hepatica z7 ~88 iam3killerbs ~40 kmpsmom ~81 lceh 295 ldsluder ~60 linda jo 413 meadows ~58 nan-6161 ~72 rane grow ~12 rosa crazii ~~3 sammyg ~25 shmooey ~27 token28001 ~45 tomva 211 velsgarden 167 wipe yo feets ~68 yorktownpatty Zone 8 = 762 ~36 boysnoise210 188 clc70 ~46 firsthouse mp ~13 gardenofeden777 ~50 manda3 ~43 msbatt ~~2 nanagarden ~17 newskye ~~6 river crossroads ~52 roper2008 ~17 sandlapper rose 105 saravancouver ~98 silver cat ~16 steff442 ~73 sweetlady

And she makes an appearance for the first time this year! I planted five jugs today, for a grand total of--FIVE. lol! Last year I had over a hundred by now, this year I'm only doing my daylily seeds and just a few others I didn't get to last year. So, I have five for zone 6. karen

I have a indoor setup, but its exclusively used for daylily seedlings. I have used it in the past however for Tomatoes (Ive still done them both ways, inside and out, outside... clearly favors the hardening off process, much more healther starting plants, inside ='s lots more work to harden off and transplant shock issues ect, however if they make it, I can have tomatoes by end of july that way. This year I didnt even bother, I wintersowed a few types only. However.. Ive done petunies, salvias inside as well, mostly becuase salvias require almost no hardening off, but germinate faster and better for me inside and petunias becuase I wanted to have flowers in bloom before end of june. However, normally I dont bother, it all depends on what I want and when I want something. Wintersowing is just "EASIER" throw them into a jug, water it , mostly forget it till its ready. Frankly, the people who do ALL inside sowing just are creating SOOOO much more work for themselves. I have argued this for years.. frankly I know master gardeners with just LOVELY gardens, but spend hundreds and thousands of dollars on plants that would cost them pennies otherwise. Thier answer to me is always the same.. I dont have patience, room, equipment to start all of those plants, some of them simply DO not believe you can do the following and just be done with it.. Ive also refinded my own process throughout the years.. gone is the double marking, #ing and taping. Ive found a great paint pen, Ive also gone from a exoknife to a sharp pocket knife, I can cut faster and easier with one. Ive yet to lose a jug becuase of not taping it down, I just dont have the wind issue, maybe up to 50 mph here , rarely above that. So I no longer tape them. The only times I lose jugs is if I wintersowed TOO early and had 100 inches of snow on top of them, I know always wait, other then a few items for end of Feb , start of march. I simply bypass that issue now.