I am over in Illinois about 80 miles. 3rd year winter sowing,

I'm only a couple hundred miles away, LOL. However, I am in the same zone/state. This is my first year.

If you don't mind me asking, what have the two of you had the most success with wintersowing in this zone?

I am 200 miles from you in Lee's Summit - same zone. I have been starting annuals indoors and have containers everywhere. I will start winter sowing on Valentine's Day - started too early last year and the plants outdoors got too large to soon.

This is my first year so.....

Third year for me...I'm in Florissant, MO

Other side of the state for me...south of KC...

Just finished "round 1" of WSing...

Round 2 will begin the 2nd-3rd week in Feb and Round 3 will be mid-late March.

OK... you've got me curious. What is a wsower?

A WSower is a winter sower, a gardening addict who sows seeds in containers in winter and puts them outside to germinate. Have you read the WSing FAQ page? Lots of good info and detailed instructions there. If you look into it and decide to give it a whirl, email me and I'll send you some seeds.

southern il boy, you must have really been going back through lots of pages to get to this old post.

Give Wsowing a try, you'LLLLLLL like it!

I'm about 70 miles south of St. Louis. Me too. What is winter sowing? I'm just getting started into gardening. I have been harvesting seeds from what little I have but have no idea when to plant etc. Any suggestions and help would be appreciated.

Proudgm, read up on this site and www.wintersown.org to learn about winter sowing. This was my first year and I love it. I planted 54 milk jugs of perennials and hardy annuals during the winter. It may have been a crazy winter to start but I had pretty good success. Oh, I lost some stuff in the ice storms followed by the "big freeze" but still have plenty. i look forward to doing it again next year. Basically, you're planting your seeds in mini-green houses(vented milk jugs or other containers)then set them outside to let nature take its' course. Read up on it, try it, you'll like it.

Proudgm, as pyrgal said, "Read up on this site [especially the FAQ] and www.wintersown.org to learn about winter sowing." It's a wonderful and economical way to have lots of plants for your garden. Email me if you want some seeds.

I'm in St. Louis!

Thank you so much for the info. I've been reading and I am going to give it a try. My sister brought me at least 50 quart ice cream containers. plays_in_dirt_dirt_ I sent you an email.

About 250 miles north of St. Louis.