Missouri weather can be fickle this time of year; and "fickle" is putting it mildly. Just this week alone, we had ice and sleet on Sunday, then 70 degrees on Wednesday and we are back to snow and 40 degrees today (Saturday). Soooo...starting seeds indoors and moving to a greenhouse will yield a nice early, and hopefully long lasting and long producing plants.
Preferences vary, but most Missourians will start seeds inside at the beginning of March and into April. The Old Farmers Almanac is a good resource for specific dates for starting various seeds - find the Missouri section HERE, and everyone else can look up their info by state HERE.
Last years garden produced very well, we had tons of tomato and buckets of peppers. I hope to improve production of green beans and cucumbers, though - last year they didn't do as good as they should have. The brussels sprouts were a waste of space, in my opinion. We waited until after the second frost, hoping they would get bigger - but they never grew larger than a nickle around.
I don't normally plant seeds for the vegetable portion of my gardens, aside from minor things. I intend to plant everything by seeds first, so this will be an adventure.
My garden photos are from June of last year.
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