I'm thinking the marigolds should wait. I don't know about the rest. I already have some bachelor button sprouts--I hope they'll transplant. I personally direct sow my zuccini when it is a little warmer here. While I have transplanted squash, they weren't that happy with me. I won't even start them (in Texas) until end of march or begining of april. I'm sorry that I can't give any advice on winter sowing them (although I have loofas sprouting and I think they are in the cucumber family). Alison

Whooooohooooo! The Robin landed and it is a real fatty. I have my seeds ready to put in and will try to make this a quick turn around. Sue, the DC will be 0306 3030 0000 6669 4123 and I will have it scanned at the counter. I will do my darndest to get it back to the post office this afternoon and have it winging its way to AZ. Thanks for a wonderful Robin and Happy Gardening to Everyone! Brenda

I have been growing Red Robin from saved seed for six years now. The original seed was purchased mail order. I have been expecting it to fail every year but it continues to maintain the same growth habits and fruit production. I have such increasing demand for it from friends and family that I started 100 plants this year. A great container tomato and a heavy producer that produces orangish-red cherry tomatoes of what I consider to be mediocre flavor (the fruit looks and tastes the same as from the plants that were grown from the original seed). But kids love growing and caring for the plants and love to pick "their" tomatoes and eat them, so that makes it a valuable tomato variety as far as I am concerned. I have been cramming seven plants into 6 gallon pots and that makes a wonderful little tomato shrub. This method also makes it easy to add a little support when the fruits start to set and size up. This year I am going to plant them in some half-barrel planters for at the local elderly care center. Many of the residents there used to garden and I think they will enjoy watching "their" tomatoes grow as well. -Tom

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