I have misplaced my packet of acorn squash seeds, so I went to the store to buy some more. They had about thirty packets of seeds left, none of which were winter squash. I wonder if the farm supply stores, or the independent hardware stores, have any?

I don't have good luck with those peat pots. Sometimes I sprout seeds in a damp paper towel inside of a plastic bag. Or, I soak seeds overnight in a bowl of water before I plant them.
Lorna

I'm glad I had bought my seeds earlier, but I did go looking for some spinach and like you, found the seed racks gone. I'm planting yellow snap beans directly in the ground. Spinach can be planted directly too. I think your weather zone is about the same as mine so I should think planting directly into the ground shouldn't hurt. The ground is nice and warm and you'll get immediate germination.

Here's a link to a good fall planting schedule.

http://www.heirloomseeds.com/schedule-2.htm

I want to go to the local nursery to see if they still have theirs, but it is quite a drive so it'll have to wait until the weekend. >>>>

LOL I posted about this 2 weeks ago. No one had seeds. I ended up ordering from Tiny seeds. I got my seeds in a decent time ( 5 days).
The only place I ended up finding seeds in a store was walgreens.

It's like trying to buy summer clothes in mid August - they're already putting out the winter stuff. The on line seed companies should still have what you want and can generally get them to you inside a week

Our local hardware store has lots of planting stuff and they store seeds in jars sold by the ounce. Obviously, stuff like mustard greens must be direct sown since the seeds are so tiny. I suspect that only the larger seeds can be presprouted in paper towels. In the summer heat, that seems to be working great for me for later plantings of peppers and squashes. Good luck with thinking ahead so efficiently. As a new gardener,it is almost too much to think about a fall garden when the summer one is so demanding of watering, weeding, fertilizer and heat tolerance.