On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:28:24 -0500, jeff wrote:

I'm a beginning gardener looking forward to this years garden and
would like some idea of what I can start and when.

I'm in 7b and have a small homespun "greenhouse" (8' * 8'), this keeps
the night time temps about 10 degrees off the outside and daytime temps
upwards of 30 degrees warmer. I've added thermal mass and insulation,
and if needed I can raise the temps 10 degrees by turning on a 250W heat
lamp.

Would this be a suitable enviornment for germinating seeds for my garden?

Should I start about a month or so before the last frost date?

Daves Garden:

http://davesgarden.com/guides/freeze...0315&submit=Go

Gives me mid Feb for an average last 24 and March 24 for the average
last 32.

I had too late a start for snow peas last year, they did well until
it warmed up and I'm thinking I need to really get an early start.

Jeff


Some plants start well indoors, but others will do better planted
directly into the ground (some plants do not transplant well). I've
started tomato and pepper seeds indoors, usually 4-5 weeks before the
average last frost date. If started too early you may get weak
spindly plants.