Has anyone direct seeded their seeds in the ground under these weather conditions? We also had winter early here in North Carolina... a week of snowmageddon with 12 inches of snow followed by ice followed by 70 degrees and rain. My seedcrop was so dismal last summer, I thought about just planting in the ground in late December. But now, I don't know if that would be a bad decision....might they germinate too soon? I know people in zone 4 and 5 and maybe zone 6 can direct seed after Thanksgiving, but what about zone 7?