Growing from Seed

Another snowfall just hit the ground today, but that hasn't discouraged me from believing that Spring is just around the corner. I'm gearing up for seed-sowing season, and once I have successfully mastered growing annuals & vegetables/greens from seed, I'll truly feel like I've "arrived" as an experienced gardener. I've set up a light garden in the basement, and hope to get going over the next few weeks. Below is a listing of the seeds I've ordered or received thus far:

Gurney's Seed Catalog
Big Beef Hybrid (VFFNT) Tomato
Buttercrunch Lettuce
Early Contender Bush Beans
Evergreen White Bunching Onion
Fairy Lilies
Lettuce Blend
Lucullus Swiss Chard Greens
Mammoth Dill Herbs
Sugar Ann Snap Pea
Sweet Banana Sweet Pepper
Sweet Bell Pepper Hybrid Mix
Vital Green Spinach

Washington Gardener's Seed Exchange
Barlow Columbine
Black Cherry Tomato
Campanula trachelium
Chervil
Columbine Mix
Cup Flower, Nierembergia 'White Robe'
Garden Babies Butterhead lettuce
Larkspur
Poppy 'Laurens Grape'
Red Pepper
Rose Mallow (Lavetera trimestris)
Sumpter Cucumber
Tondina Maremmano
Zucchini

2010 Garden and Landscape Goals

Grand Garden Scheme


Landscape Goals
* Build stepping-stone pathway around garden
* Create "Bubbling Urn" water feature for Rock Garden
* Clean/Stain/Seal wood deck

Garden Goals
* Plant Hosta 'Royal Standard' and Hakonechloa Grass around deck
* Grow Annuals & Salad Vegetables from seed
* Replace 'Ivy' with 'Lilies-of-the-Valley' ground cover