Received my seeds today! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Thank you Kamil and everyone! I'm just about to go start mine! I even got my favorite color, how's that for cool! Maybe we could do a swap based on color next time...Hm, I might have to start one of those based on purple.... :0) Thanks a bunch guys/gals it was fun!

Becky, I know horehound was used to make cough drops. I used to have a recipe but lost it. I bet you could Google it. I remember it was basically a hard candy that used horehound tea as the liquid. It might also work to just drink the tea. I'm having trouble getting thyme to grow from seed too. The sprouts are sooooo tiny, and then something always seems to happen to them.

I'm a gifter... always sharing good tom crops with friends and neighbors. In season around NYC and NJ, the farm stand toms can be very good and abundant. Store bought, hot house grown, picked early and green, varieties grown for transport and shelf-life, are bland and watery. Companions for iceberg and Diner salads...bottled blue cheese dressing or 'ranch'. -the exception being the Cumato i had this past snowy January when my local market had them on sale for 4 lbs for 5$. A winter treat. Finding what does well in your healthy soil and climate/zone, will give exceptional flavor picked just shy of ripe. Some i eat in the garden as snacking, ripe on the vine...others are counter ripened if a heavy rain is expected.... Anna Russian here may not be the same there. I grow many varieties not knowing what my season may be like. My first tray of starts is a mixed variety as is the second...the third tray is all oxhearts from TGS (tomato growers supply)...a row of each. They consistently give a good crop of meaty toms without trouble and great flavor. Sweet and tart. A local small garden center can give great advice as to what grows best in your climate and soil as well as a neighbor or friend... Buying a few healthy starts locally is a good beginning.

Any familiar kinds much sold as growing plants that you don't see on seed racks or in seed catalogs would be likely to fall into that group. Part of the time it will be them not tending to come true from seed, and not necessarily that they are hard to grow from seed otherwise.