Do you start your garden in the winter?

Last year was really our first year as gardeners and we messed up in quite a few areas, hoping to do better this year by planning and preparing well ahead of time. We planted pretty much everything about a month late and that made for a very small harvest. This year I have started planning already and have already ordered our Vesey's catalogue so we can start our seeds earlier this year. We will use the basement to get them started, then when the weather gets warm enough I will move them to the garden shed so they can get comfortable with the out side climate. We are hoping for a much better garden. I may even take pictures this year with being embarrassed to show them online. :)

In the month of February I will start my tomatoes, eggplants..begonias, impatiens and each month start other items according to their date to maturity! Tomatoes are the ones that I really pay attention to...and often they are pricked & repotted at least two-three times before they can be planted! Happy gardening!

Do you mean sow seeds out doors in the winter? I wouldn't do that for a couple of reasons, one, the ground is frozen and can't be dug deep enough to bury a seed and two, if we get a warm spell and hot weather seeds start to grow, then it frosts, they die. If you mean to start seeds indoors, yes, I do. It gives earlier harvests and is critical to hot weather plants like tomatoes that wouldn't otherwise have enough growing time in this climate.

I am an avid gardener and always start my seedlings early. It depends on what state you live in for a growing season but in Iowa I like to get my potatoes in the garden around March 17th and in April peas, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and have all my May seedlings started in the housed by March. I have a garden blog you might want to check at http://gardeningtoybox.bloghi.com/

Most of my seeds get planted in thenext wek or the firstof February. I have a room upstairs that I keep mine in until the weather permits them going outside. Last year I ran out of time and did not get my tomato seeds plantd so I started from plants from a greenhouse. I didn't like them as well because I couldn't get the kind I wanted. Planting them inside in containers helps break the boredom of the winter too. I love to see them growing and knowing Spring is on the way! It is not too early to start now.

What plants will grow in the winter? Inside the house or outside at the yard?

we donot have much space,so i do plant in pots.i have heard ,the best time to plant is winter.they take roots and become strong in winter,so that they can face the onslaught of summer heat and the rains.

We just finished building our green house so we have started now.