First sprout

The calendula is up!

First order

SUMMER CARNIVAL HOLLYHOCK
INDIAN SUMMER RUDBECKIA
MEDIUM CANTERBURY BELLS CAMPAN
SENSATION MIX NICOTIANA
COMMON THYME
GIANT IMPERIAL MIX LARKSPUR
RUEGEN STRAWBERRY

I'm especially excited about the alpine strawberries, but I'm excited about everything!

I found some potting soil, a tray, and some calendula seeds.  I couldn't resist!  I planted on Tuesday morning, kept them in the dark, and already I see tiny sprouts!

Greedy

I am getting so greedy for seeds!

The wishlist so far:

Primula Japonica

Cowslips

Verbena bonariensis

some kind of cosmos

more Johnny jump ups

oh dear...

More seeds

This seed thing seems to be on the way to an obsession!

My favorite seed sources so far...

Pinetree Seeds

Monticello - has seeds!  And interesting varieties too.  The pink spiced celosia really is striking.

Cherry Gal has cowslips!

Seeds

I am currently going through all the messy piles of seeds that I snipped from the fall and salivating over online seed catalogues. Hopefully playing with the seeds I already have will help me be moderate...maybe.

I've got
Wild sweet peas from our neighborhood
Yellow strawflowers
Joe pye weed
Echinacea
Morning glories
Calendula
Musk mallow
Blackberry lily
And one labelled "who knows what"

I'm hoping to try winter sowing from the garden for the house blog http://www.agardenforthehouse.com/2012/11/winter-sowing-101-6/

And I'm addicted to Tovah Martin's new book. Oh January!