Finished up my Bachelor's Button! Now I've started on the Sweet Alyssum! One 2 Liter Bottle + 4 20 oz Styrofoam cups!

I sowed some Sweet Alyssum this morning. On another note, I've planted some strawberries, shallots, onions (sweet and red), and garlic. I love green garlic! It's just like green onion but with garlic cloves instead of onion sets. Just take the cloves that are too small to form bulbs and plant them really close together, when they're green tops get big enough, pluck them out of the ground and put them in a pan! Delish!

The running tally continues!

Today, Calendulas, Forget-me-nots, Baby's Breath, and Sweet Williams were sown. :)

After a very sleepless night, I got up early and sowed 4 containers of snapdragons and 1 container of hardy primulas. :)

I loved my snapdragons last year. They are so easy and as of a month ago, when I pushed some snow off of them, they are still green and growing!

Hi Clumsy,since you have sowed BB and silene,had to post this one.They make a good combo
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you are inspiring me to get busy with my perennials.I have sowed 93 so far but most of those are daylilies and roses.Keep going and keep posting.lol
moonphase

Ooo! They do make a good combo! I wonder if I sowed enough Silene. I was going to combine my poppies and my Bachelor's Button.

Today I wintersowed:

Broccoli, De Cicco
Cauliflower, Early Snowball A
Lettuce, Grand Rapids
Pak Choi, Toy Choi Hybrid (My Fave cabbage!)

I have 7 wide-mouthed orange-juice bottles and a 2 litre bottle so far. I sowed rocambole garlic, butterfly bush, rudbeckia, Amish snap peas, and a couple of others. I only see a couple of roots for the garlic, nothing else is doing anything. It's been a whole week and a half!!!
Am I panicking too early? When will I know that I don't need the safety net of starting indoors, Lol?

According to last years posts, people in Zone 5 shouldn't worry about germination until Mid-June, if nothing has germinated by then, they may not. But even some have waited a very long time, like a year even on some things, and they germinated!

I'm hoping to start seeing a steady sprouting by the end of March. And some can start sprouting earlier than that!

Today I sowed:

Radishes, cherry belle
Radishes, Scarlet Globe
Meek 'N' Mild Greens Mix (Cheap Seeds)
Broccoli, Unknown

clumsy - you're making me dizzy! Yikes, that's a LOT of sowing you've done! I'm so excited for you, I can't wait until you have sprouts!!!

Oh, and thanks for reminding me about sowing my poppies - didn't do any last year. You mentioned combining your BBs with poppies - that's a really pretty combo ....

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PV

PV, you can do amazing things in a pot. Maybe WS season 08-09 will see me try to garden in containers. :)

Today I happily sowed:

Bibb Lettuce and two containers of bunching onion. ;)

Today I sowed Calendulas.

I was getting used to seeing your post everyday so I was just wondering, did you dare to take a day off? :)

Clumsy, which Calendula are you sowing? Last year I tried Sherbet Fizz from T & M, but it wasn't near as gorgeous as the one PM2 posted. This year I'm trying 'Pink Surprise' and 'Zeolights'.

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Did you get the Apricot Alyssum from Valueseeds? I just sowed mine the other day, dumped them all in one 2L bottle. Now I'm wishing I had better dexterity, or had ordered multiple packets of that one, LOL.

Gardenluv, do you think she ran out of seeds?

Bonnie

Thanks for the concern everyone but I still have seeds out the ears.

What I don't have are containers right now. I'll be buying more styrofoam cups and I'll be sowing my perennial herb garden tomorrow night. So expect a BIG post then. :)

Janina

Sorry, Bonnie! I wasn't ignoring you! I haven't had coffee yet...

I sowed Calendula, Radio Extra and Citrus Cocktail from Value Seeds and Apricot Shades from Value Seeds.

I did sow them all rather heavily but I think they'll do okay planted HOS style.

Bonnie,

Glad you enjoyed my calendula as much as I did. Actually, I like yours too and it may be just a question of my photo was a close up. Yours close up would be just as nice. I did sow the Zeolights and my calendula photo is a second year volunteer from it. I don't know if I have a photo of the first year, but probably not or I would have posted it. The first year with Zeolights, was wonderful! My favorite so far and I have been trying calendula varieties for a few years now. Also had the apricot shades alyssum from value seeds last year and very nice compact form so I bought two packs this year.

pm2

As promised! I've sowed my perennial herb garden! Yay! With Wintersowing I have more confidence to try more things!

Sowed today were:

A Butterfly Garden Mix from American Meadows that includes:

Cosmos, Crimson Clover, Blue Lupine, Baby Snapdragon, Lemon Mint, and Purple Coneflower.

Forget-Me-Nots x2
Creeping Thyme
Orange California Poppies
Pink, White, and Yellow Yarrows
Garlic, Fine, and Unknown Chives
Baby's Breath, Convent Garden
Lemon Balm
Pink Peony Poppy
Chicory
Garden Sage
Hyssop
Rustic Rudbeckia
Aromatic Mitsuba
Angelica
Horehound
Munstead Lavendar
Pennyroyal
Vera Lavendar
Winter Savory
Pepper Mint
French (Summer) Thyme
True Oregano
Roman Chamomile
German (Winter) Thyme
Lemon Mint
Fraise Des Bois
Catnip
Jaffa Ice African Daisy
And I tore the label off one packet and I can't remember what it was! Oh well, at least the container is labeled. lol

Today I sowed:

Canterbury Bells
Steeple Bells
Bells of Ireland. *Cool Pattern* :)
Candytuft, Appleblossom
California Poppies
Columbine, Nora Barlow
Dianthus Albus
Nigella
Pink Malva
Baby's Breath

Hey Clumsy, I'm always telling my DH that all this is cheaper than therapy but in your case it might be a tie!:-) When I needed more containers I went to the recycling center(huge bins you dump plastic,cardboard,newspaper,etc. into)after work, about midnight so no-one would see me and crawled as far as I could get without falling in and pulled out everything I could touch! My favs are the square type juice containers they're easier to cut. B

Hahaha! Valueseeds is my friend. I haven't ordered seeds in a while. I think I'm done with that now that the local stores are starting to stock. I think now I'm just going to buy my warm weather veggie seeds and maybe more zinnias. I love them for their big long lasting blooms and yet I never seem to have enough...

I have some of those square containers out there. Tropicana Twister as well as some Juicy Juice jugs. I use mostly my 20 oz cups. It only costs a little from the dollar store. What costs me the most are the crates. I can't find anyone that will give me them, even though I know they have them stored in a back room some where collecting dust! :( And I need crates to fight these winds. I managed to find some at the dollar store but they're $3 a pop and they don't hold very much. At Walmart, they are a bit more pricey but they hold much more.

I'm not posting as much now because my perennials cool weather annuals and cool weather veggies are done for this year. I'm kinda holding out on my warm weather annuals until March or so.

In the meantime, I'm forcing forsythia branches. They'll flower probably by this Friday.

Sowed my spinach and carrots today. I'm probably going to need one more bale of pro-mix before it's all over. I've been using some of it for other things like, potting my cannas and elephant ears for earlier bloom and potting my lilies so they won't rot like they did last year.

Love the silene! Is that hard to ws? Gorgeous.
Needs full sun I presume?

I went out today to see if my Silene had sprouted and I couldn't find the container... Ah well.

I went ahead and sowed more this afternoon. Peas, carrots, turnips, beets. I hate beetroot, but I love beet leaves. Also sowed some Broccoli Raab.

21 styrofoam cups + 4 milk jugs = 25 containers

Of PEAS!!! :) I Love Peas.

I'm a Peas-lover. :D

Peas please!

Moonphase what is BB & which is silene? I LOVE the pink & blue flowers!!!! Are they perennials?

Bachelor's Button are the blue flowers and silene are the pink ones. Bachelor's button is an annual but reseeds like crazy so it seems like a perennial!

Today I sowed:

Swiss Chard, Ford Hook-style
Pac Choi
California Bluebell
Mountain Phlox
Giant Imperial Stock
Radish, Sparkler
Lettuce, Grand Rapids
Parsley, Curly-style
Spinach, Razzle Dazzle Hybrid

Today:

Endive
Brussel's Sprouts
Parsnips
Sweet Fennel
Dill, Bouquet
Tall Bellflower
Yellow Wildflower, Unknown
Senecio, Silver Dust
Lamb's Ear
Thyme, Orange (Scented, Flavoured or... coloured...?)
Hyssop
And one I can't remember...

Yeah! That was it!

Lessee...

Tons of Chervil
A lost packet of Larkspur
Baby Blue Eyes
A lost packet of Broccoli
Knautia
Coriandor
Fraise
Marjoram
Rosemary
Collards, Georgia
Dill and Fenugreek

Next Session will be the last of the cool/cold weather stuff. Gonna start tomatoes and peppers and the like. Marigolds and stuff. This is the part where I get nervous...

Last night I sowed:

Petunias
Anise
Scarlet Globe Radishes
Tall Double Strawflower Mix
Dusty Miller
Rosemary
Cumin
And Sweet Marjoram! :)

Clumsy gardener, do you get a lot of humidity in the summer? My bachelor buttons didn't do that well last year, and it was the first year I planted them. I am wondering if it was the humidity?
I love them, but they were underwhelming last year for sure.

This is what I planted so far:
(I hope I spelled the names right)
Buddleja Davidin
Malva Sylvestris
Sunray Coreopsis
Veronica Speedwell
Saponaria Officialis
Malva
Malva Pirouette White
Penstemon Digitalis
Rosea Malva Moschata
Centaurea Dealato
Achillea Spp.
Rosea Malva Moschata
Sunray Coreopsis
Novae Anglae
Agastache
Gaillardia
White Button Mums
Verbina Bonariensis
Alcea
Chaixii Album
Coreopsis Tinctoria
Columbine
Papaver Somniferum
Veronica Speedwell
Veronica Speedwell
Marigold Disco Orange
Aliso Alfombra Real
Marigold Sweet Cream
Aliso Alfombra Real
Campanilla Mezclada
Zinnia Giant Purity
Marigold Solar
Marigold Sparky
Purple Moonvine
Sweet Basil
Zinnia Giant Enchantress
Morning Glory Crimson Rambler
Sunflower Maximilian
Yvonnes Salvia
Forget me Nots
Jimmys Sunflower
Nicotiana
Asperula Orientails

threeorangeboys, its not the humidity, its the heat! Bachelor's buttons hate it and melt when it gets hot. I rip mine out around July when my direct sown June cosmos begins to show. I lay them on the ground the same way you do pine boughs and they serve as midsummer mulch.

Hey Shasta: You've got some guts sowing Zinnias now! I wish you luck!

So after some nervousness I "bravely" wintersowed some cheap Marigolds.

I also sowed:

More Snapdragons
More Spinach
China Asters (Cause I forgot those)
Flat Parsley
Blue Lobelia

Clumsy someone told me it was ok to plant zinnias & tomatoes, I still have some seeds left should I hold off?

I really can't say, shasta. Except go with your gut and stay with it with the understanding that nothing is guaranteed. You can sow now and have great results or wait and lose everything. Do what you wanna.

Sowed two more packages of Marigolds. Some white nicotiana, cumin, and pimpernel.

Today I sowed:

Balsam Impatiens, Camilla
Scabiosa Atropurpurea (x2)
4:00s (x2)
Tomato, Early Girl (x3)
Tomato, Brandywine (x3)
Marigold, Crackerjack
Verbena Venosa (x2)
Leonotopodium Alpinus (Edelweiss)
Petunia
Canna Lily, The President
SE native Sunflower
Morning Glory, Crimson Rambler
Borage
Artichoke, Green Globe

Ahhh, good to know about the heat. I hope they do well this year. I just love them.
Zinnias might be a good summer season annual for that same spot then, huh?

Today I sowed:

Nasturtiums, Dwarf Alaska Mix (x2)
Cladanthus Arabicus (Criss-Cross)
Lettuce Leaf Basil
Dwarf Green Basil
Jellybean Tomato

Today I sowed:

Amaranth
Mexican Sunflower
Opal Basil
Verbena Bonariensis
Cardoon
Tabasco Pepper
Summer Savory

Racing the clock here:

Morning Glory Mix (x3)
Cladanthus arabicus (Criss Cross)
Red Cockscomb
Amaranthus (green)
Lettuce Leaf Basil
Zinnia, California Giant
Cosmos, Sensation
Tomato, Black Pearl
Sunflower, Kong
Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia), Torch
Nemesia, Mello Red and White
Portulaca, Warm Gold

Wait a second...it's not too late to wintersow? Here I had given up on starting thinking it was too late!

zone 5? No way! Start now and join in on the fun!

I was aiming to get finished by april and it looks like I will finish next week.

Today I sowed:

Yvonne's Salvia
Cleome
Celosia Plumosa
Zinnia, Giants of California (x2)
Sunflower, Mammoth Russian (x2)
Sunflower, Taiyo
Tithonia Torch, Mexican Sunflower
Cosmos, Sensation Single Mixed
Cosmos, Seashells
Zinnia, Cut and Come again
Gazania, Talent Mix
Linum Grandiflora
Cosmos, Bright Lights Mixed
Sunflower, Burpee Mixed

Hey Everybody!
I have been inspired to try the wintersowing thing this winter. I had no idea that it was as easy as putting seeds and soil in a milk jug, with drainage and vent slits, and putting the whole thing outside in the cold.

Clumsy,
Now that it is July I am very interested in seeing the HUNDREDS of new plants that you started this last winter almost all grown up now.

thanks for the inpiration all and good luck