Sow seeds outdoors after the last frost or start seedlings indoors 6 to 8 weeks before outdoor planting.

It is not too late to set out started seedlings of cold-weather vegetables, like broccoli, Brussels sprouts and kale.

Since Northern soils take a while to warm up, it's best to start seedlings indoors or to buy young plants.

If you started seedlings earlier, transplant them into larger pots and pinch them back to encourage bushy plants.

Here she could start seedlings before the planting time and grow the flowers she loved, even in the cold.

Many homeowners find peat disks excellent little pots to start seedlings in.

From this point on, there should be a gradual scheduling of starting seedlings until the major efforts of early spring seed sowing.

Seed takes too long to mature while started seedlings will provide an almost instant display.

Since immediate bloom will be important, buy transplants or started seedlings which are sold at garden centers.

Right now is not too soon to start seedlings indoors, because they will take 8 to 10 weeks to grow enough to transplant into the garden.