winter bleh

I must admit I was initially skeptical when I opened my christmas gift. My wife got me an aerogarden, and my resistance was based in part I'm sure on my distrust of all things easy and convenient. I have to say germination time was barely a blink. (I opted to start some perennial herbs I have had great difficulty with in the past.) To add to my surprise, aerogarden offers a replacement tray that will do 70 starter plugs. Considering how well this has worked so far I am seriously considering it. They offer additional plugs, but I'm sure I can get something like rockwool and bulk nutrients for much cheaper.

One of the pots by the way has lavender seed that I saved from one of the lavender plants in the yard...Wooohooo, I've sucessfully saved seed from a Kentucky wonder bean plant last year and now lavender. Now to see if the zinnia, morning glory, and coneflower seed germinates...in spring.