So far I have eight varieties of tomatoes two kinds of eggplants, some okra and some artichokes started. They're all just about ready to go into some larger containers now so I can use the starter trays again. Most of the tomatoes will eventually end up in the actual garden, but I'm keeping one of each in containers just so I can see which varieties do best. I've never kept artichokes in containers, but I hear they do well that way, so I'm going try a couple of those too.
The next batch of seeds will be more interesting; ground cherries, huckleberries, vine peaches, wonder eggs and something called strawberry sticks. I've never grown the strawberry sticks but they're supposed to give you a strawberry like fruit and they say the leaves can be used like spinach. It should be interesting to see what happens.
Last year when we brought in our container tomatoes for the winter, we turned the grow lights on them. It must have been the right thing to do because we picked our last fresh tomatoes (Romas) on Christmas day. Our guests wouldn't have believed it if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes.
The weather has been so mild here (West Virginia) that the brussels sprouts we left on the patio are still sprouting (but they're only about the size of my little finger tip).
Good luck to everyone. It should be a really fun gardening season!
