Hello, I have for trade only. Red Poppy Baby's Breath Sweet Basil Tomato (Early Moneymaker) Carrot (Gold Mine) Open to trades for annuals and perennials. Let me know what you have! :) Happy trading!

Mindy, in your zone, you can go ahead and sow the Larkspur and poppy seeds now. Wait until April to sow the Sweet peas. Or if you have a very sunny room, you can start them indoors and set them out in mid-to-late April, depending upon how warm your soil is by then. I use the peat pellets in Dixie cups. Put the pellets into the small Dixie cups (like bathroom size), add warm water. When they soak up the water, place a sw. pea seed into the moist pellet (or two seeds), and set in a sunny Southern window. Works good. When it's time to set them out, harden them off for a few days in a warm location out of wind and direct sun shine. Then all you need to do is set the entire cupped-plant into a hole and pull the soil over level with the top. The paper cups will rot away quickly and you don't get transplant shock. This also protects the seedlings from Cut Worms. You can grow any kind of annual or perennials like that, including veggies. ~Annie

How should I save and prepare the seeds in order to use them for cooking?

Floral_uk, I am in New Jersey which does not have as cool summers as Lindon but we are certainly not Florida or Texas. The whole thing about starting from seeds is that it provides a welcome break from months of bleak winter and holds promise of spring? This was my first time starting Lobelia seeds. With the number of plants this time I will have plenty of volunteers next year, some will probably live through winter indoors. I am also hoping to save the pansies so they bloom at least this fall if not nest spring. We shall see... Also, I find the nursery starts that are produced at an industrial scale and hopped up on growth regulators and what not aren't close to as healthy as the plants started from seed. Anyhow, the weather gods were benevolent and the Temps returned to cooler for the past ten days or so. The sweet peas are doing well after most bottom leaves and a plant or two turning crispy. The pansies are well too, and starting to pick up pace. The poppies are holding up but slow to bloom - only half a dozen in all so far.