I have not been on here recently due to illness and Christmas chaos. I am starting to do better, and want to pick up where I left off. I have been furiously filling seed packs (one can do that while laid up), and am almost ready to do a mailing. I will be taking up the offers of respondents here. **REMEMBER** If you, or someone you know, is in need, please contact me for a Care Package. The best way is directly at Robin282mt@verizon.net Thanks so much to all of you, Robin

Hi, I WS anything in the cabbage(brassica) family. They all will sprout in cool temps, so you will get an early start with them. Lettuce is the same way. I WS herbs, dill, Amsterdam celery, fennel, hyssop, basil, borage, etc. I have Cilantro come back for me, so it winter sows naturally here. It should be able to be WSed. Rhubarb does really well. Peas are direct sowed early so WSing is not necessary. The ones that I know that have a tendency to rot and not germinate are beans and corn. Squash need to be direct sown or transplanted when there are just a few true leaves. If the plants get too big, they don't recover well from transplanting and can be stunted. Eggplant like warm temps to germinate and grow. So even if it does get warm enough to get germination early, cold temps after germination can stunt growth, so it is best to grow them indoors and transplant when night temps stay above 50. Many people here have success WSing tomatoes. I can't comment on that. I grow them indoors because I keep track of each variety and transplant them into single cells. It just wouldn't work for me to WS them. Hope that helped some : ) Remy

These recommendations come from the book Tough Plants for the Southern Garden by Felder Rushing. Annuals Best Bets: Black eyed susans, castor bean aka mole bean, Celosia, Cleome aka Spider Flower, Coleus, Copper Plant aka Copperleaf, Coreopsis, Cosmos, Dusty Miller, Globe Amaranth aka Bachelor's Button, Johnny jump up (viola tricolor), Larkspur, Melampodium, Mexican Sunflower, Moss Rose, Okra (abelmoschus esculentus), Pansy and Viola, Pentas, Chili Peppers, Perilla, Periwinkle, Petunia, Salvia, Sunflower, Sweet Potato, Zinnia, Ageratum, Blue Bonnet, Calendula, Burgundy Mustard, Calendula, Candlestick Plant, Cornflower, Cushion Mum, French Holly Hock, Impatiens, Kales, Lettuces, Marigolds, Nicotiana, Poppies, Queen Annes Lace, Snap Dragons, Sweet Alyssum and Touch me nots. Bulbs: Canna, Chives, Daffofils, Iris, Elephant Ear, Grape Hyacinth, Gladiolus, Hosta, Lycoris, Anemone, Perennials: Perennials for Heavy or Wet Soils: Amsonia, Aspidistra, Cardinal Flower, Ironweed, Joe Pye Weed, Louisiana Iris, Lythrum, Stokes Aster Late Summer and Fall Perennials: Asters, Boltonia, Canna, Daylily, Dwaft goldenrod, 4oclock, lantana, obedient plant, purple coneflower, mexican mint marigold, ruellia, soapwort Butterfly Attracting Perennials: Canna, Coreopsis, goldenrod, ironweed, joe pye, lantana, liatris, lythrum, bee balm, phlox, purple coreflower, rudbeckia, salvia, sedum, verbena, yarrow Shade Loving Perennials: Ajuga, peruvian lily, aspidistra, ferns, hosta, iris bulbs, liriope, lobelia, mondo grass, phlox, indian pink flower, violet. Vegetables and Herbs: okra, sweet potatoes, peppers, collards, turnips, radish, corn, tomatoes, mint, oregano, basil, garlic, chives, thyme, parsley, dill, pennyroyal, purple coneflower, bee balm, mint, rosemary, safe, thyme, garlic, lemon balm

Its nice to read all of your post and see what all grows there in your areas. It seems we has some of the same results with the same plants. As for Florance fennel it seems to do best for us grown in the fall-winter season. My Greek oregano seems to slow down in the summer it does its best in the fall-winter and does spread like crazy on its own. But then it is nice to find new homes and make friend at the same time. For some reason I lost my thyme this summer after expanding to 5 times its planted size from this spring. Maybe morning sun rather than afternoon sun, Any Help? For me sage never seems to pull though our summers but does fine in the fall until our hot summers start. It seems I did goof with my rosemary, I thought I could just bury the ends of those branches near the ground but ended up with all those which I buried dying back to the main trunk so now my rosemary is more like a tree than a bush. Sounds like from all the post that I need to go to our Chinese Grocery store and pick up some lemon grass and a few other items. Thanks for all your post Paul