Botanica Atlanta Landscape Design

The time has come.  Winter is not behind us. Daylight savings and the vernal equinox are still a few weeks away.  But we can indulge our impatience with the seasons by planning our vegetable gardens, shopping for seed and setting up an indoor grow station.  If you want to get the greatest and most steady yield this year, start your first wave of seedlings indoors now. 

There are acres of information about this on the internet including videos, downloadable pdfs and blog entries. A couple of the references you might want to hit:

Seeds: Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds has an incredible variety. Shop online, but be sure to sign up for their catalog, which is coffee-table worthy and filled with eye-candy for gardeners.

Videos: For a basic primer in starting seeds from a common-sense Cajun, check out these YouTubes

1.   Part 1 - How to Start Your Seeds Indoors (The Bayou Gardener) 

2.   Part 2 - How to Start Your Seeds Indoors (The Bayou Gardener) 

Timing Chart: Use this downloadable worksheet to plan your seed starts for each variety you chose to include in your 2010 vegetable garden.

All photos courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds.

Author: Cloud Q. Conrad