In The Yard: Seedlings
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This might be the year to try starting some plants — vegetable and annual flowering plants — from seed.
One, it’s character building and gives the gardener an appreciation for natural selection. Many seeds are planted. Relatively few may germinate, and even fewer grow into useful or healthy plants.
Two, the shelves at some nurseries are pretty bare. At the nursery I visited the other day, the plants were scraggily looking. Prices had NOT been lowered accordingly, either. I managed to find some spreading petunia to brighten our drab courtyard. The clerk said some of the suppliers had been hit pretty hard by the cold weather. Selection this spring may not be that great.
This would be a good year to augment your nursery shopping with plants and seeds from the catalogs. It’s already getting late to start some things from seed, so read the time to germination and time to maturity information before ordering. It sounds improbable, but barring misadventure, catalog plants arrive in surprisingly good shape. Usually. Seed is cheap, compared to the cost of plants. Plant more seed than you need and thin. Check out the planting guide at http://www.lsuagcenter.com and look for the Extension handouts at the checkout counters at hardware and nursery stores.
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