Image and ID are in a different thread... Rosie Here is a link that might be useful: tswon first post

Jimmy, That is quite amazing. I love the picoteed edge to the flower petals and the whole flower reminds me of those pin wheel things that kids get on a stick and they spin with air movement. Cannot remember the name of. Beautiful bloom. Rick

Hi gardengrl and welcome to NoVa! I'm also in the area (Alexandria) and just got started with wintersowing in the past couple of weeks. I started gardening a few years ago and have had good luck starting seedlings in my basement under grow lights but wintersowing sounds so miraculous that I had to try it too. So far I've done lettuce, spinach, chard, cilantro, parsley, and sweet peas. I picked things that I've had luck with in the early spring (mid-Feb and on) in past years with our normal, warmer winters. These are things that don't survive in the heat of summer so I'm hoping winter sowing gives them an early start. It's a complete experiment this year! I found a list of what to start when on the blog "A Garden for the House" from NY state and sort of figured everything here could start a bit earlier. Can't wait for warmer weather to see if my milk jugs start sprouting. This winter has been so abnormally cold that my normal winter crop of red Russian kale and arugula under hoops was killed off, so I am itching to start gardening soon and have some good salads. Totally envy your 4 acres from my little, inside the beltway yard!

From what I can see, it looks lovely. I will have to see more to say for sure ;) I have been cooking in ours, but we only have a wall oven and our micro hooked up, so does that count? I realized today that many of the staples got tossed from our fridge, so I will need to wander the supermarket and try to recreate a normal fridge. I am tired of tater tots, broiled meats, french fries and other "oven" food. What I need most though is a burner and a working sink. I'd like to cook and prep without running to the bathroom sink across the hall!