Don't feel bad. I too ran past a Burpees seed rack tonight and came home with

Gazania
Bachelors Buttons Tall double mix
Bells Of Ireland ( I WILL make these grow!)
Tithonia
Tritoma Red hot poker
Gomphrena
and geraniums

Like I needed more seeds. Oh well, I am off of work tomorrow so I guess I will be doing some w/s, huh?

I know the feeling. I HAVE to be done buying seeds...really.
But then, I still need Cleome seeds...

Linda

It is quite addicting! :D

Last week, I bought the following:
lynchnis diamonds & rubies
cornflower persian
aster red burst
grass blue fescue
zinnia envy
cosmos bright lights mix
cosmos sensation radiance

and I ordered seeds 2 weeks ago. They were coleus, rusian sage and forgot the others. Tiffy also sent me 2 types of plants (Inula Goliath and the Lynchnis). It hasn't arrived yet though. Thank you so much tiffy.

Tom will also be sending the Blackjack seeds. Those are going to be exciting since I don't know what seeds were sent. :D

I have a question though regarding Aster Red Burst. Why is it packed inside a small white packet even if it's already inside the burpee packaging?

Linda,

I bought white cleome seeds from ebay about 3 weeks ago. My neighbor about a mile from me gave me white-pink cleome seeds.

When are you planning to sow cleome? Are you going to direct sow them? That's what I recall when she told me that she just throw the seeds like throwing fertilizer by hand.

Neil, I sent you a mix of annuals and perennials. I tried to make sure you would have some blooms this year. Oh, and the lavatera.

Linda, I have cleome seeds for you, don't buy them. I've had have a huge reseeding patch for years. They are now a mix of the cherry and violet queen variety (more cherry, less violet though) I've got enough seed for about 5 SASBE's if anyone else still needs them. Just send me an email.

I have managed to stay away from the seed racks, but the seed websites are my downfall. I have five photo boxes full of seed and do not need one more pack!

Nancy

Awesome Tom!

Just want to share:
I picked up some milk jugs and 2 liter bottles from my friend and he asked me what I'll be doing about it. I sent him some pictures of the flats I made and also explain to him what winter sowing is!

He is very interested. Hahaha! Woohoo!!! Hopefully, he'll ask more questions.

Oh, you won't find any help around here, v1rtu0s1ty! This is the absolute worst bunch of enablers I've ever seen, LOL!!!

Hey, at least your friend showed some interest. When I asked the guy at Lowe's last week if they had any seeds out yet, he was surprised I needed them this early, so I thought I would explain WSing to him. HA! He gave me that "this crazy woman's giving me WAY too much information" look. That didn't stop me from buying 10 more packs of seed though, LOL!

Bonnie

i am a beginner. i live in london and after search on google and this forum i haven't found much evidence that WSing works in my climate, i don't have a private garden, it is the communal garden in a rented house which i feel as my garden, i don't even know if i am going to stay here or shift to US by this summer, i am working full time and have a 3 yr old to take care and even then i can't stop. it is very very addictive.

yes, very addictive-no known cure-it's awful isn't it?
hehehehehe
-B

Stop you? You want us to STOP you? Hell NO! We can't stop ourselves, how do you expect us to stop YOU? Besides, we're here to enable... not stop someone! One more thing.... if we stop you, we lose you. I personally, really like having you around.

What do I think of what you bought? You didn't get the Columbine Red Star! Actually, those are wonderful choices, only thing is now you're going to have me running out to check MY local Menard's... had get my cravings goin' didn't ya?? See that? You're an enabler too!

Okay V1 - STOP NOW! Immediately cancel your internet connection, throw all gardening catalogs in the recycle bin, and avoid retail shopping! There, wasn't that easy? :)

Hahaha! That was funny nancy and terrene! :)

I have a new problem. Hahaha! I've been visualizing my garden and I can't take it out of my mind. HAHAHA. :D

Alrighty then... I have a fix for that one! I went to Better Homes and Garden's, Garden Landscaping site. Oh My Goodness! If that doesn't get your mind reeling... I don't know what will!

I took the garden plan for around a patio and traded out what they had on their plan for plants, and plugged in what I winter sowed. WOW! What a time killer that was! (and it still is!)

Here is a link that might be useful: BHG Garden Plans

I visualize my garden every time when I meditate, specially in the dental chair... ;)
Good choices of seeds and the ones you can start right now...love columbines, grow them every year something new...
there is nothing like early flowers, some of my columbines short lived and some live for years, some revert and some stay true to form caerulea is one of the nicest ones- they have large flower with long spurs which looks up so is very showy

I bought some seeds at Home Depot and Lowe's last weekend only to realize that i already had two of the types at home! I guess I'll have extras if I need them and can always offer them for trade. That just cracks me up - I have so many seeds that I can't even remember what I have!

LOL!

Diana

I have been soooooooo good, not finding seed racks.
I did, however call the branch manager about the ornamental grass I liked they have there to grab some seed.

v1rtu0s1ty,
You're not over the edge just yet. But,
to save yourself, you better send me 50% of those seeds immediately!
Better yet, send them all to me and you'll be cured of this awful WS and seed addiction completely.
There, problem solved.
;)
Anyone else need help? Anyone?
lol

I got you all beat! Get this-- I bought corn seeds because I convinced myself that EVERY veggie garden needs corn. I no more have space for corn than redwood trees. Oh well, at least my veggie spreadsheet now looks complete!

Retired, I live in a condo, the area that I planned to garden in is about 25 feet by 3 feet. Since we usually plant in 3's that gives me room for no more than 25 plant varieties... an average anyway. I have 60 varieties, with 3 being shrubs, sown right now.

What have I done?

But on the other hand... I was planning on Basil... I wonder if Lowes has seed for that yet?

Daisy,
I live just outside of birmingham in the midlands and this is my 5th year wsowing,and it works,so no reason why it won,t work for you in London.

Nancy: If you don't have the basil seeds, I do! Let me know. What ARE we doing? Hahahahaha. And get this... I decided to back-fill a small pond (pain in the butt) and sow perennials. The space is like 4x8. So far I have 25 picked out. This is a sickness!

Daisy..You should be able to wintersow as well as we can. You're just controlling Mother Nature a wee bit by providing a secure place for naturally overwintering seeds to germinate. Any annual like petunia or marigold, or perennials/biennials like pinks or sweet williams will thrive with this method.
Have fun!

Been very busy at work even right now.

Anways, I got my Blackjack seeds! I'm so extremely happy that there is a seed that I wasn't expecting. Thank you very much Tom for sending it. I've been wanting to have sumac plant for many years. Finally, I have it. :D Wooohoo!

thanks wendy and traceym. i got more confidence, will keep sowing and waiting for things to turn green from black in those containers :)

I live in a small town. NO ONE...Not One Place..Not the new Wally World...Not even the hardware store has any seeds yet!Agggghhhhhhhh!!!!

The farm supply store has the same darn seed they had last year..Ick!

Pegyy

haha. I am doing better in that regard.
I stopped at Home Depot to buy soil, and guess what, I only bought THREE seed packets -
salvia,
butterfly weed and celosia.

Now why did you all have to mention Cleome??
I can't grow cleome in my garden cuz it is a favorite on the rabbits' menu, but now I'm thinking, I could grow it in a pot in my driveway -
last year I grew zinnia in a pot and it did great.

oh dear..
i guess i have to head back to the seed rack.
just for cleome.
(grin)

ellenr

LMAO Yeah, right Ellen! Just one pack?

Retired prof, for your corn I have an idea. I used the 3 sisters planting minus the beans and squashs.
I often plant 3 or 4 corn seeds in a circle, let them spike, then I plant annuals around them.
This year I will be incorporating the Variegated Maize in the perennial bed for height, I used it last year for a large planter with impatiens, had the most compliments of any planting for that planter. Of the 3 stalks I managed to get 5 ears.

I hate going to Lowes. I only needed a paint scraper. Now I have passiflora vines, red nasturium, and ... and ... sheesh, I can't even remember the other thing I bought. I guess I just HAD to have it though.

Rock soapwort. I had to look. *smacks head*

Hey Retired, thanks for the offer! I'm not sure yet if I have room for herbs yet. I'm still looking for more earth to turn over for what I have.... then someone said CLEOME!

I went back into my seed file and low and behold.... I have three, yes I said THREE, packs of Rose Queen! Now somebody has to e-mail me... please help me get rid of these... quickly! I have two packs to give away, if ya want 'em, claim 'em!

I feel all of your pain. I have seed that I have bought 2or3 years ago thinking I can plant this. I have no garden my soil at most is 2 inches deep and my goal for my yard is that it all is flower beds no grass to mow. Did I forget to mention my husband is building the house so I cant put anything permanant in "It might be in his way."

Shoot me for the heretic that I am! I'm (kinda) hoping that some things don't make it thru the winter so I can have room for all the new stuff I want to sow.

I promised myself NO MORE SEED BUYING, and then the other day saw that Parks had ruellia .... sigh.

PV

V1rtu0s1ty,
Last year, I sowed mine around March-April (I had also sowed some on the Solstice, but I had container failure with those which was totally my fault. They drowned with a heavy rain while we were out of town). I am hoping it will reseed, but I want more just in case.

PV,
"I'm (kinda) hoping that some things don't make it thru the winter so I can have room for all the new stuff I want to sow" That's funny! :-)

Nancy (nan-6161),
Thanks for the offer...I'll take you up on that! Check your email.

Linda

I'm doing great so far this year. I've kept to my wants on my list. I started a list of Gardens North seeds I wanted and out of an initial 20 varieties I have wittled the list down to around 8 so tonight I'm sending the order in. The goal was under 10 so I'm good.

In the past I used to curse the fact that we only get seed racks appearing in March/April here. Now I don't.

My seed inventory is also decreasing every weekend. (I can only work on this on the weekends since I took on a job which makes me work like a dog during the week.)

So I'm doing great this year - so far...

The Enabler. :O)

i just ordered 3 packs of seeds from thompson & morgan that i don't need, but i had to use that discount code. i HAD to, i tell ya!

uh-oh.

What thompson & morgan discount code?

Dangit!
Rudbeckia Irish eyes, and Cherry brandy were just STARING at me "What about me? dont you want me? werent I on your Wish list too?" oye - way too much seed buying for me this weekend - two trips just to get 'out of the house' - cost me a small fortune! ugh!

I received a $5 rebate from Menards last Saturday. I went to the store and bought the following Burpee seeds:

1. Rudbeckia Irish Eyes
2. Petunia Pink Sunshine
3. Zinnia Envy (I bought another one :P )
4. Columbine William Guinness
5. Sweet Corn Bi-Licious Hybrid

Well, I seem to have a problem not ordering anymore on ebay. When you win something then, you just have to go to their store so you can add more to that order and save on shipping. I don't think I have ever had so many seeds. I usually buy plants and do rootings. That was bad enough, now I have all these seeds to grow. I don't know where I'm going to plant all these.
Pattie

I went to Walmart yesterday and froze my butt off to get there. Of course with the cold weather I needed some warmth so I looked, and looked some more... NO SEED YET!! Darn it, Valentines Day stuff is everywhere! They have coolers and storage bins, etc. in the indoor gardening area... but NO SEED!

Oh well... can't get the patio door open anyway and there's no more room in the freezer! Darn it!

Linda, T&M had a $10 gift certificate on their mail order catalog. I paid for shipping only and bought 4 packs of seed.

I went to Walmart and they don't have seeds yet. I went to Home Depot and they have seed stands now. However, the seed packets are crap. There is not any mention of USDA zone for the perennial packets.

Usually the seed companies ship perennial seed to the warehouses according to zone. Both the seed companies and retailers are pretty careful about that. The seed companies don't want complaints about bad germination, and the stores don't like pissing off customers or returns.

If you buy a pack of seed from a store and are worried about it, buy it, take it home and check. If it won't work in your area, take it back and raise hell to both the seed company and the store that sold it!

Another thing the seed companies have to be careful, of is sending a seed out that in some areas might be considered invasive. The department of agriculture has tight regulations on what some people might consider a great bedding perennial. A weed is just a flower growing in the wrong place.

I must say, reading this thread has scared the Bejesus out of me! :-)

I can just see me next year starting a thread just like this one - "stop me". I've not even started yet and I already own more seeds than I have in my entire life.

V1 - should be a less than a couple of days for your Walmart. We were just at ours this weekend and they were putting their seed packets out. I've been getting mine from a local Krogers....I know....I know....sad isn't it? LOL

Val

My Home Depot has seeds, but not Walmart. A small local nursery has theirs out too.

Karen

Ooooh... Do I sense that Val may be the next enabler in our group?? "V1 - should be a less than a couple of days for your Walmart. We were just at ours this weekend and they were putting their seed packets out." Sounds like it to me. :O)

Tiffy - shame on you! You know I just like to help people. I never ....hardly ever ... may be an enabler (hangs head in shame).

Val

token28001 and jaynine

Can I ask what the T&M $10 code was? My catalog has $5.00 off order of $35 but I only have 4 packets to buy so I'm not spending $35!

Thanks!

Linda, it was a one time use coupon. I've already tossed the catalog so I wouldn't be tempted to place another order. LOL

My code was printed on the back label with my name. I wasn't able to use it twice. I tried.