Mountainlakecorner said:@Hammerojustice I moved from Southern MD (7a) to Western Maryland (5b/6a) so I understand completely. It was like learning to garden all over again. It has its pros and cons.
My first year of getting into more vegetable gardening I was so disappointed because nothing was getting pollinated. So last year (my first year winter sowing) was all about putting in things that were going to help with pollination. I love love love winter sowing. All my WS perennials jugs are under about 12" of snow right now. I can't wait to put in hardy annuals and then I am actually going to try some veggies this year.
One of the things that also helped was putting morning glory on the cattle panel trellis with the beans and squash.
I wish you lots of blooms in your new adventure.
Toni
maryjoz5 said:Hammer O'Justice you will love winter sowing! Last year I planted over 100 jugs and had such a good time trying some flowers that I had never grown before. I also tried ws (or early spring sowing) vegetables for the first time and got tomatoes, several different squashes, green peppers,
and herbs! This year I hope to add more. I'm in Iowa zone 5, so ws helps me get a head start on growing without too many seeds being started indoors under lights! So glad about this swap because we will get our seeds in time for me to ws (its still cold here in March)! Thanks Jessabelle JLH!