Thank god, someone thats in ohio like me that i can actually get advice from instead of trying to make something fit my zone! So happy i found you!

I really appreciate how you carefully document everything by video (e.g., indoor start pic, transplant pic, harvest pic). It helps this beginning gardener see what things look like at different stages. I'm sure it's a lot of editing work. Thanks!

The idea behind winter sown is alot of gardeners don't have space or a greenhouse to start seeds. Winter sown change the game. Also the plants are less likely to get leggy and there also hardened off.

This is probably my favorite thing about gardening. Trying something, taking note of what worked and didn't work for your garden, then making adjustments and planning new ideas for next year.

I live in zone 5a in the Idaho mountains. This year I tried planting in the snow mid March(2 feet still in March). I used a method that was a direct sow as demonstrated on the MIgardener KZfaq page. It was a huge win! Planted 3 veggies-lettuce, spinach and Kale. Since we live off grid, we don’t have an option of heat/lights for early seed starts so this was awesome. I was harvesting lettuce by late May, Kale and spinach a couple weeks later. Plants were strong and vigorous. I’ll definitely be doing this again!

This was my second year winter sowing, Zone 6 Massachusetts and I've had 100% success. I don't have space for indoor seed starting. I did transplant when the plants were quite small and gave them protection with row covers. I don't bother WS spinach, arugula, or peas because they can be direct sowed so early anyway.

My comment will probably get lost but whoever reads this.. you got this! whatever you are going through will get better hang in there 💛

I am 6a Ohio and I winter sowed tomatoes successfully!

I like the cold frame made with straw bales...👍

With your plants that bolted, you might consider transplanting smaller plants. With winter sown plants, the roots are quite vigorous when the top growth is still small. I have great results transplanting WS plants when they are quite small, and the cold-tolerant ones well before last frost dates.

I start my cool crops in late Dec/early Jan. and hot plants tomatoes/peppers/canteope/melons . . . in February. Have had Great Success! Kansas 6a

Thank you for painstakingly tracking the winter sown with the indoor starts--fascinating!

I love WinterSowing. I don't have the space indoors to start seeds. Starting tomatoes via WingerSowing has been the best method for me. I've tried indoor growng years ago with no success.

I must say, you are the only gardening channel that I watch complete videos of. Not only are you knowledgeable but you are close to my zone I'm 6b Erie, PA. I love it, keep the wonderful videos coming Jenna.🌱😁🌱 Happy gardening As for your Collards, it could have been root disturbance that caused them to bolt, I had Bok Choy do the same thing.

I did winter sowing for the first time this year. It was mostly an experiment for me, but I will do it again next year. The only issue I've ever had starting seeds indoors is the gardening off process. I usually lose them at that point, so winter sowing saves me so much!

Also marigolds! I do marigolds from seed every year by just throwing them on the ground and they do great. but I did them in the winter song jugs they were fabulous! I will do them every year

Thanks for including the insect damage. Helps me know I’m in good company Jenna!

Thank you so much! Most things I hear about winter sowing are 100% positive and I feel like this is a more honest assessment. I like starting indoors but I also like the idea of not doing as much work so thanks for the pros and cons

This was the first time I have heard of this. When I saw your title I thought you were direct seeding seed that would overwinter outside and come up in the Spring. I have a friend back in Ashtabula Ohio who has great success with many things that way, notably kale and onions and parsnips. His parsnips grow like weeds! It's insane the amount that comes up. I have never grown celery but it has been on my mind since I have learned of and used mirepoix in my cooking. I've been teaching myself to cook for a number of years now. I pulled my zucchini out today, basically because I didn't want anymore and my garden is overrun. lol Oh and I dug up some potatoes because I am going to need some in an upcoming meal. Always a pleasure to hear from you. Keep up the good work!

Great Video Jenna. Love that you give the exact dates of sowing, transplant and harvest. Gives me a lot to think about and apply to my zone 6 new hampshire garden. Haven't tried winter sowing myself but my March sown seedlings seem to do pretty well even in the snow.

Awesome idea. One can start early and decrease stress of timing to start rather than trying to start by what the foretasted weather will be in the NW, which nearly never does what weathermen say. Plus, I've no grow light system,other space for the light system (other than on top of the washing machind/dryer, or green house. Time to start saving milk jugs.

I had incredible success with winter sowing. My onions were amazing! Same with cabbages and kales. I was able to get some nice perennials for my apothecary garden too. But the true winner, the hollyhocks are taking over my garden!

Great video, you did a great job showing pros and cons of this system thanks

Thank you so much for posting this video. It is very helpful to see comparison of plants started indoors vs winter sowing. I'm currently working on my winter sowing project and your video saved me a lot of time. After watching your video I decided to start perennial flowers using winter sowing method. I agree, perennials will most likely be a success. I will also give a try with tomatoes and peppers just to see what happens and post a comparison video later in the year. You definitely saved me some time with trying to winter sow leafy greens.😊 Thank you!

Love when channels discuss fails - Same celery issue & thought it was just me; coming in but never took off - 6b SE PA - LOVE YOUR EXCELLENT INFORMATION - THANK YOU!

I took and put dirt in a cardboard box and set inside a white plastic bag……I planted kale, cabbage, bush peas spinach. I put my boxes where they only had partial sun rather then hot sun all day. I put a paper cup in the middle of the box with some holes around it. I then closed the bag around the cup tying with string like a gift. The small cup allowed water to get in …the holes I put around the box and the bag kept the seedling s from flooding. Small holes to keep slugs etc out…when ready to plant I place the box in the ground or into a food safe tote and no disturbance to the roots…the box decomposes. I use sticks and make a tent over my plants and hang tulle over them clipping with sewing clamps you use for material…light weight and water proof. I buy plant cloth to cover them if it gets cold…..the tulle netting is cheap from Amazon…..nice ground cover to keep cats from using the dirt around your plants to dig….also put as protection for plants in my greenhouse. I’ve never had any bees or birds get caught in them to answer that question. I keep my greenhouse closed with a screen door on one end and window on the other with a fan on a timer to move air.Kept birds out from nesting and hungry ground hogs, cats etc from coming in. It was my best year for cucumbers I ever had, no damage by insects. To pollinate I just shook the stems with flowers. I have plenty of flowers, dandelions, herbs etc for the pollinators all around the farm….

Reviewing your take on winter sowing. Going to try all sorts of different plants, with back ups in the grow room. Hope you have a fabulous 2023 garden!

This was my third year winter sowing. I planted about 150 jugs each year, with about half annual flowers and perennial herbs and flowers. Overall germination was 75-80 of total with those that did not germinate mostly the same as those that would not germinate other years: pretty consistent. Exception- My tomatoes hardly germinated and half of those were stunted and eventually died or produced malformed plants and fruits. (What ever the widespread tomato issue is, I still can’t pin it down). In Ind 6a. While I will use my new small polycarbonate greenhouse more for seed starting this next year, I will still WS a majority of my plants, mostly because of the convenience. Great video

I did winter sowing for the first time, and had incredible success on some not so cold hardy things like tomatoes and peppers, but they didn't even sprout until May in New England, but incredibly healthy starts. I also had incredible luck with flowers such as poppies, statice, strawflowers, dahlia seeds, carnations, lupine, and yarrow. I am definitely going to try again. My brocolli didn't head and my cabbage got hit by cabbage moths....my bad for not covering. Definitely will try again.

Definitely asparagus and strawberry seeds just amazing results.

Simply amazing is all I can say Mrs. Jenna. We both had the same problem with the weather going from winter to summer with in two weeks. Got to hot to quick is the answer to your questions. Thank you for the information and tour on how your year panned out so far. Stay safe my friend and have a wonderful weekend!

Very professional video, thank you! I have winter sown twice, last year and this year. This year was pretty unsuccessful due to bad soil issues. I usually grow warm season vegetables and perennial flowers. Many flowers were very successful last year with W S method. I also had success with tomatoes and peppers last year. This year I had maybe 20% germination. I don't have a good indoor grow light set up so WS is really handy for me. I don't want to draw negative consequences because of this year's failure and I will try WS again next year. I love your channel Jenna and I feel lucky that we are both in Ohio so I can learn especially from your experience!

Last year I winter sowed zucchini as an experiment. It worked out great. I winter sowed tomatoes. they would have done great but something attacked them so had to start over. I winter sowed Cucumbers which sprouted early april but then a cold snap came and killed them. So it's definitely a results may vary.

Really fun results. I experiment with new seeds and varieties every year. I would suggest trying flowers to winter sow next year. Snapdragons, rudbeckia, coreopsis, coneflower, calendula, double peony poppies etc

Nice experiment! I do both winter and Indoor seed starts just because it's fun but as a back up in case of pest pressure.

I'll definitely experiment with winter sowing next year. Thanks!

Yep, I've grown chamomile from seeds for three years. This 4th year, I'm only winter sowing. Because they are just too easy winter sown to take up space indoors. The cold simply lets them grow more slowly. Resulting in round plants. Im Toledo, Ohio.

How exciting to get a kitchen remodel. Been there…it’s totally worth it! Hope we get a tour.

Thank you, Jenna. I learn new things each garden season. I have enjoyed following you since I am in North Central Ohio. I would love to know if you follow other gardeners/homesteaders in our zone or in Ohio. I'm always looking for new ideas and info. Happy harvesting! 😊

Love how detailed all your info is!

Great video! I am in South carolina where we have mild winters, for the past 2 years I have winter sown tomatoes, peppers and flowers with great results the plants were very sturdy and didnt have to worry about hardening them off. I also had the same problem with my celery, the plants were so tiny that i gave up on them.

Well Jenna after gardening for 35 + years I must say that in my area in Southern Ontario....I believe that even if you start early like mid March, if the weather doesn't co-operate with you then you may as well not start here till you can plant out in say May 10 ish....I think that in these last 10 years March can have nicer weather than April.....so in the future I will just not expect to plant out much before this time....moisture ( mother nature's way ⛈)....has been very unpredictable as you know....I think you have had way more then me! Every year is different and every crop has its success and failure....you just have to keep on with the program....squash....vine bugs are really tough to predict....this year they got me....I thought I had waited long enough....so next year will be another try....all your stuff looks good....even with your little ups and down....my Cauliflower ,cabbage and broccolini was the best I have ever grown....but the white cabbage butterflies seemed to be a full month later than usual....so I think this helped alot....

I really appreciate that you show your fails, very encouraging for me not to throw in the towel 😁 I have been trying to be a gardener for a few years now, I'm a serious wanna be, but usually have a lot of fails, this year was much better for me, but still have a long way to go 😁 is a lot more fun when you end up with something to eat 🥰

Wow! Thank you for documenting all of that! Just thanks!! I did winter sowing one year with great success and one year, not so great. But I think I’ll try it again next year. Wow! This was such great info!

07:50 I live in a similar climate zone in the northern hemisphere. In order not to be affected by spring frosts here, even if the weather is hot, sowing is done after the day of Hıdırellez. Hidirellez day is considered as Saint George day in your culture.

Very interesting! I used winter sowing last year primarily because I didn't have supplies or room for an indoor seed starting set up. I had great success! I do live in AL not sure how that affects results. I will say, my swiss chard and spinach did not thrive. Lettuce was a big win! Tomatoes, peppers, squash and the herbs I tried did well too. Every year is a learning opportunity!Happy gardening!

Good morning, Jenna. I’ve tried the winter sowing twice; once in 2021, and again this year. My attempts were both made with big Steralite tubs and clear solo cups as pots for tomatoes and a small selection of flowers. Last year worked beautifully, almost too well because the tomatoes had almost outgrown the totes by mid April. This year, not so much. By the end of April my plants were only a couple of inches tall. I’ll be attempting it again this coming winter, just to see if this year was just a fluke. Peppers will still be started in the house on a grow mat. 😊

I direct sow my spinach in late Feb early March in zone 5a and its delicious, strong. Then I let a few go to seed, drop seed and I have a little "wild" patch along with what I direct sow.

I just started WS sunflowers and will continue as the jugs become available.

Thank you. I’m still learning I switched over 100% container gardening making adjustments. Again your ve informative.

So much good information! I'm glad you shared your results - it makes me feel better about my experience. It was really hit or miss!

The winter sowing video I have been waiting for for so long!!! Great work!

I'd love a video on your companion flowers! I never know what to grow here in zone 6 when it comes to flowers (total flower newbie), but your garden looks beautiful and looks like it brings in lovely pollinators.

Thanks for sharing the results of your experiment. I also tried winter sowing here in Wisconsin zone 5b. I had mixed results too, with lettuce, spinach and kale performing well. Broccoli and cauliflower fared poorly as did peas. I plan to stick with indoor sowing. I need to find a reliable seed starting mix, the Burpee mix I have been using didn't produce vigorous starts as it had in the past.

Thanks for sharing your results! It's just so hard to decide which way to go, winter sowing definitely could save time, or indoor space... but you just don't know what you will get, especially for our Ohio weather, so unpredictable....

7:50 regardless of how good your grow lights are, you cannot duplicate sunshine! The difference in growth habit is due to the stocky growth right, from the beginning, for the winter sown plants. I found the same with tomato transplants vs volunteer tomato plants in the garden.

Great update Jenna. I had decent luck winter sowing. Annual Flowers like Bells of Ireland, snapdragons, marigolds and Dahlias (seeds) did awesome. I found flowers worked best. I did try tomatoes, sunflowers, peppers they did well took a bit to catch up but they did & are out performing some i started inside. I definitely will use the method for herbs & companion planting flowers next season. I did 150 jugs most did fantastic including hot weather crops. My one bummer was artichokes. I really wanted it to work out but it didn't. I didn't want the plant for the choke just the beautiful flower.

I’ve been thinking about winter sowing in order to get a leg up on the short growing season. I’ve just gotten an indoor seeding set up and think I’ll stick with it. As for the lettuce, arugula and spinach I’ll go with the cold frame again. Thank you for your thorough video. I’ll check out more of yours. Subscribed.

Wow, your celery looks fantastic! I might have to give Kelvin a shot!

I enjoy all the experiments. I am especially interested in your miniature tomato plant experiment. Also, I enjoy your content as it is a needed grounding break from the National News.

LoVe your t shirt!!!

I have an idea for you. Those outer leaves from your cabbage plants can be cooked up like Collard greens. They look and taste exactly like Collards. It made for a nice side for a few nights. I would assume that you could do the same with the other Brassicas.

Love your over winter sowing video, so much great information, thank you !!!!!! 😊❤ your ohio gardener

I’ve WS three years. Good results 1st year, great results 2nd year, total bomb 3rd year! Good germination but plants just didn’t grow well to be ready for transplant. Don’t know why. Controllable variables were same/ similar, new jugs, same brand starter, varied dates of sowing, watched for drying out and watered few times. I didn’t record temp fluctuations which might have been the culprit. Also, not sure if I used same amount of soil in jugs. Soil was again hard to get and pricey and I may have skimped a bit. But since the plants were small therefore footballs relatively small, I’m not going to jump on that. I threw most away but a few are just now maturing after being potted up but probably won’t mature in time. I’ll still try again as it opens a whole world of possibilities to those who can’t sow indoors. The cost is very low, the effort minimal, and the potential reward great.

I will have to try the Kelvin celery. I have not had any luck with it in zone 7b

I appreciate you and your video's so much!! Thank you for sharing!

thanks for the information was gonna do that last year but could not find bagged dirt and get everything together. ready for it this year I have limited time this really helps 🤗

Amazing Jenna 👍😱, great advice & video. Grew up in Pittburgh & the winters can be brutal as you know in the Northeast ! Lol thx again & be well . 👍😘

Thanks for information. Now I know that broccoli along with a few others can be planted first in garden in mid April. We usually get summer plants in mid June due to colder night temps and so much weather fluctuation. Going to try this next year. Winter sowed tomatoes, peppers, watermelon etc this year and the plants are really doing well. Some bombed. Our winter sowing is in our closed in breezeway. Will do some outside next year. Again thanks for info. Every little bit of food will help to get us through inflation with less stress.😊Also, composters are in sale at Aldis now in our area. Usually they are there in the spring. $60

LOL When cleaning out your frige " I am not sure what this used to be." My face hurts from smiling. Let's all "Beet the system!" I am from Michigan -where at the start of covid it was illegal to sell seeds in the stores. We need a right to grow food!

Wow! A lot of info and work on your part. Interesting. I’m Z5a and we also had early heat, but this is first year for winter sowing and collards and celery. My collards and chard were Huge! The celery limped along and planted in 3 different places and the shaded were much bigger and still growing, but no way those nice stalks you have. The cabbage were fantastic and the Deadon cabbage is still going. We have trouble getting beets, radishes to bulb and carrots take forever without getting very big. Sometimes I think it’s variety. I know I’m hooked on winter sowing as I don’t like babysitting seedlings, the mess, cost and room it takes. I think for me the only veg I will grow inside would be onions because they need the head start, unless I buy them again. Will look for Calvin and give it ago. Maybe it will be a nice surprise like the onion harvest this year. First year for large onions and it’s a sure winner. Too bad we don’t like collards and chard as they grew really well. Great video Jen and like you gave the dates!

Well, Jenna, you know I'm a fan of winter sowing lol. You saw the photos where I used my little greenhouse to do it. Tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant. Though it is a slower start, I have fruit on the peppers and tomatoes. I will get a late harvest if Mother Nature cooperates. The egg plants have blossoms now. If we would have had the usual quantity of pollinators this year, the winter sown plants would be farther along. Not so many blossoms would have fallen off prematurely. We planted the usual flowers etc for them, but for some reason they were far and in between. Two years ago I winter sowed in 45 milk jugs. I had leafy greens, white tomatoes, all types of Italian herbs including actual Italian Sage. I also had a few Marigolds. Mostly I started perennials. I had about a 70% success rate that year. This year I had F-1 Roma, Cherokee Purple, and Thorburn Terra-Cotta tomatoes. Also Rosa Bianca eggplant and King of the North peppers. I like the fact you did a comparison. This was a great show! Two years ago I started everything in February and March. This year it was April 1st. I'll shovel the snow and use the greenhouse again this winter. I love to experiment! Enjoyed, take care!

Hi Jenna Your zenias, sunflowers look great too, I have a Lomi too. I'm single so I run it every so often put a lot of grass weeds in there along with my cooking failures I try 😁. The rabbits are killing my plants. I use that liquid fence seems to help. I sprinkle my electric shaver hair around that works too. I'm another Ohio person.

Potato direct sow in October. North of Ohio x 100 miles. (Don't cut per eye) I just planted the little ones back.

Hi Jenna. My theory why the winter sown plants do better in the ways that you've mentioned, more compact growth, better looking harvest, timeliness with the weather, etc, is being out in the weather as it develops from winter into spring, the seeds are timed by nature. They sprout at the appropriate time given the actual conditions in the environment. The growth once sprouted is strongly impacted by the changes in light and temperature in a nonlinear way that is responsive to the actual outdoor conditions. A colder, wetter spring will encourage growth in one pattern and a warmer dryer in another, and so on. Indoors, we are growing in a linear, tightly controlled artificial environment. There is no biofeedback from the outdoor, natural environment. I may give it more hours of light to encourage growth are fewer hours to slow it down, but that's still artificially rather than naturally controlled.

Your garden looks delicious!!! A big food jungle! You rock that pair of jeans too ;)

I’m no scientist and I’m a new gardener, but I’m wondering if the cold exposure activated a defense mechanism within the plant that promotes compacted growth. For example, the plant staying more close together allows more warmth and root protection in the event they have to experience a cold shock again; a survival response maybe.

Hi Jenna. I've not ever winter sowed anything; it actually never occurred to me, lol. But I'd like to encourage you not to give up on your bolted collards. I have a 3 yr old plant right now. The smaller leaves are tender and delicious as are the flower buds. The very large leaves I'm drying as a winter feed additive for my chickens to see if they like them. I may even pickle some. If you retain your bolted collard, I'd love to hear what you think. 💚

I love my Lomi!

Do you add any fertilizer in your winter sowing? What potting mix do you use? Onions worked great with winter sowing, zones 6b/7a! I love your videos giving specifics on dates things are started, planted, harvested. It's very helpful!

Seems different weather from year to year does effect our gardening. Last month rainy season was causing my not tilt area in my garden drainage problems to hurt my tomatoes. I lost 3 plants and some had s l o w down.So our test results can show something that is not the normal. Having almost no rain them tomatoes are double and adding fruit I believe it's sign of bad drainage I can get drainage repared.butdont I winter sow a test of birdhouse gourge with their hard thick seeds and by July seeing nothing I gave up.tossing away the jug tops that had covered my seeds planted I've just found in August a couple plants growing best chance from my winter planting try.as I didn't plant in the bottom of the jugs but in ground and using only the top as my little greenhouse. I agree and that early may frost kill 5 tomatoes I chance on warn weather. " Better gardening " website a lady seems to show it's effortless and she has plenty ,But my gourge seeds just rote away. I'm finding your advice on planting seedlings outside after frost date seems to help growth and notated is my plants show growth in a few days and no stunted plants and gave peppers added time as ground temperatures were 60 plus and air temperature. Have now picked I believe 74 bells from 27 plants my earliest peppers picked July 1. I believe your worm casting and micorizomes number 3 system for seed starting gave my plants strength to thrive as I had 4 salad tomatoes produce before July that early I say. This has been a horrible season for many Gardeners ( maybe only the ones who don't watch your videos) Thanks

German chamomile is on my list to grow next year. I love the tea. Haven't grown it yet (next year for sure) but I've done a lot of reading on it. I "suspect" that you got better plants with the winter sown because while it's an annual, it self seeds for the next year. A lot of self seeding herbs (it is one) need a cold stratification time to start their life. Your winter sown group got that while your indoor group did not. Just a thought.

Wonderful content as usual Jenna. I have plenty of milk jugs. Will be trying this out in zone 8b this coming winter.

Thank I like when you give the dates you saw and transplant it gives a better idea when to sart

Jenna, impressive garden and tips ❤️ dry hot year here so my garden took a dive, however, I’m not too discouraged 🫤 thank you for sharing your knowledge 👍👏✌️

Great information and nice documentation Jenna! Takes patience to make a video like this. Kudos! 👍

Eventually I want to be spending most of my winter in Florida. So I'm experimenting with winter sewing milk jugs. Mostly because I've been buying many plants and because I can go a few days without giving it attention

I kinda winter sowed my Hablitzia Taminoides. Put the seeds in a seed starting tray outside in early March, not even in a milk jug but uncovered for vernalization, they sprouted in early April, and then I brought them in the greenhouse so they'd grow faster. BTW I mentioned my Romanesco struggles in a comment in an earlier video. The one I planted on May 4 still hasn't bolted or formed a head as far as I can tell. July here was a bit cool, with an average high of 79F, and the only times we hit 90F this summer was July 19 (90F) and before that, June 21 & 22 (both 91F). August looks like it will be similar. The forecast for the upcoming week is highs of 73-77F. I do expect at least a few highs in the 80s to close out the summer, but there's a pretty good chance of nothing above 90F at this point. Maybe I can hope that big established plant can still make a big head? Otherwise I'll be transplanting the Romanesco and Broccoli seedlings this weekend.

Oh my goodness your kale!!! I'm in the desert and mine get about 1 foot tall. Although maybe I'm cutting it too soon because I'm anxious to use it.

Great Video Jenna. Thank You.

Really great, informative video. Thank you for sharing your experiences!

Oh wow this is a great information thanks for sharing

Great informative video. My winter sowing wasn’t great this year. In Ohio as you are so weather might have been the issue. Nothing got overly big and too small to individually plant so eventually I just took whole blob of plants out of container and planted the whole thing. I was amazed though that as soon as I planted things, they started thriving. My beets and kale and kohlrabi did great but they were really too close together so didn’t get really big. 🤷🏻‍♀️. It still is kind of therapeutic though messing with it all as the winter months drag on it’s nice to do something gar-deny to do. 😁. I have a small seed starting inside system too which I enjoy during the cold months. Even that didn’t do the same as previous years. Your cauliflower and broccoli looked so nice!! I did have my brassicas covered and yet those darn cabbage worms still found their way in. 🤷🏻‍♀️

plants that need cold stratification will grow faster with winter sowing than indoor sowing.

Guess I need your t shirt. BEET THE SYSTEM. WONDERFULLY informative. Got lucky planting in April. 1st grow. Have had 50 salads with homegrown veggies and lettuce and carrots and big tomatoes real soon and 1 cauliflower. Many cabbage moths. They everyone And of course your great advice and wonderful ways to look forward to. Maybe make a video with kids doing some garden choirs might make a difference in their attitudes?. Love sent

Very informative video - Thank you so much!! The Chamomile thing - I think it’s that Chamomile is more like a “wild flower” - even in my 4b/5a zone the best chamomile I get is self sown. Always lovely and hardy.

I know this is a year later....but regarding chamomile....I just read that herbs tend to grow lanky and stretch if started indoors, so maybe winter sown got the correct lighting. 😀

I used the Winter sow method to grow artichoke and was able to get one plant to survive. I haven’t harvested any artichoke yet

Hi Jenna, interesting experiments ! 🙂This year I made a bit different experiment. I did sow outdoors in February, March and then April, directly in the soil to see what happens just by curiosity. I especially wanted to see the effect of natural light versus indoors sprouting/growing with limited natural light (I don't use artificial lights and heating). I tried lettuce and different varieties of cabbage. Results were bad. Nothing sprouted, seems like it was either too cold or seeds were eaten by insects. But I got much more exciting but unvoluntary results with my physalis that I left last automn in place. It still had many unripe fruits. I usually have troubles to make physalis seeds sprout indoor. To my surprise, my garden was infested with physalis seedlings this spring, relatively early by the end of April/beginning of May when it's not warm yet (8°C/46F max during the night). I highly recommend this method ! 😁

Thanks so much for the video! I tried winter sowing for the first time this year. I didn't get a lot but I know where I went wrong (although it was successful with my lettuce and an early succession). Looking forward to trying again next year and keep improving. Side note - I ALSO have celery starts that I just never planted outside. :)