Welcome bcskye! You are absolutely going to love this! It works great, no light setup, heat mat, damp off, or the difficult task of hardening off. If you haven't already done so, read through the FAQ and if you have any questions ask away! Everyone is so helpful and knowledgeable. Good luck and start sowing!

à¹Hi bcskye. Welcome to the forum. You are in luck because your winter will never be the same again and for the better.
It really is great fun.

Get the first container out and don't stop there.

Do you need any seeds to help you get started? Back a few months ago, about 5 very kind people that are gardenweb members sent me seeds to get me started, and I'd like to help somebody else. Please send me an email with name/address and I'll send you some. These would not only be seeds sent to me by others that I don't want for myself but I have new packets of seeds I'll bag up for you. It's payback time. Look on my page for my email address.

Thanks to all of you for your welcoming and offerings of advice and seeds. I have plenty of seeds, enough to grow veggies for maybe four or five families as well as flower seeds to grow the ones I want to sell this year, but thank you so very much for your offer pippi21. Such a wonderful offer and they will be a godsend to new gardening people or ones who don't have the seeds they want or need. I'm a person who has hoarded seeds like squirrels hoard nuts.

I have read the FAQs section, but still wonder if it would be okay to winter sow all my herbs now. I'm in zone 5, south central Indiana. I have some gallon milk and water jugs plus a lot of foil pans with clear domes that I usually start seeds in inside. I'm sure that I will have more questions as time goes on and I really like how everyone here is so eager to encourage and help newcomers to winter sowing. A big thanks to all.

Welcome to our group! We are a little nuts about this Wsing thing, and you'll soon see why...easy and so successful.

Any herb that is perennial in your zone is perfect for WSing. Wait a bit on the tender annual ones (basil comes to mind, and dill).

You can do peppermint and parsley now. I always wait to do basil and cilantro until it warms up a bit. Those are the only herbs I know about. Hopefully someone else will come along that knows about other stuff.

Sage, thyme and lavender can be done now too.
Welcome to the madness. This is my first year for WS too. No sprouts yet but it got up in the 60's today, so I'll be watching. 42 containers so far, hope to do more this week.
Connie
BTW, I'm in central Indiana too.

You are going to love winter sowing!!! It works!!! And yes, it sure does make Winter much more enjoyable.

welcome!! I am glad you decided to try WS.

I sowed my cilantro over the weekend and it did fine last year.

Many herbs don't mind cold. There is a listing somewhere in the F&Q about hardy herbs. (I think)

Karen

Welcome. I'm bumping this thread because it seems the problem with threading posts started on this one.