February 14th, 2012 
Rick 
So this week a lot of my posts are going to focus on the art of starting your own seedlings. I do not profess to being perfect at growing seedlings (I still struggle with tomatoes and peppers), but I’ve been doing it for a few years now and I’ve learned quite a lot.
Today I’m going to outline my plan for this year’s seed starting schedule. Keep in mind that this plan is for my Zone 5b garden. If you live in a warmer area you will want to get started sooner. Colder? Start later. But these dates will be a good starting point for anyone in Zones 5, 6 or 7. If you are blessed with warmer weather than zone 7 you are probably laughing at the very thought of having to start seeds indoors!!
January 15, 2012
Okay I know this one has already passed but I planted lettuce starts and some spinach around this date. These starts are meant to go in the cold frame about March 1st. If you don’t have a cold frame or hoop house then this early of a planting is too soon for you.
February 15, 2012
This will be the first big planting. I will start Broccoli, Cabbage, Kohlrabi, Kale, Swiss chard, Totsoi, Pak Choi, Celery, more lettuce and Leeks. Also this year I’m hoping my larger seed starting shelves will allow me some space to start some flowers so I will be planting some Pansy’s. Target plant out date for these plants will be April 1st with protection from either the hoop houses or cold frames.
March 15, 2012
Time here to get some early starts of tomatoes and peppers going. Most of these will go out under protection in early May. Also more lettuce plants will be started today. And if I can make the room, more flowers, Petunias and Marigolds.
April 1, 2012
The balance of the tomatoes and peppers will go in today to be set out around our last frost date of May 15th.
April 15, 2012
More lettuce today, switching now to some of the summer varieties that will hold up to the heat better. These will go out in the garden on June 1st.
April 21, 2012
Time to get serious about warm weather crops, melons, summer squash, pumpkins and winter squash to be planted out on May 15th. Notice that these summer crops only need to be started about 3 weeks before they go out. Much longer and the plants will get too “leggy” to be useful in the garden.
May 15, 2012
More summer lettuces to be started indoors these will go out on July 1st.
June 15, 2012
Time to start thinking towards fall. I will start Broccoli, Cabbage, Kohlrabi and Kale. All of these plants will go out no later that August 1st.
July 15, 2012
Fall lettuce starts along with some spinach, kale and Chinese cabbages.
August 1, 2012
Time to start seedlings for winter harvest now. Today I will plant several types of lettuce, Swiss Chard, Kale, Pak Choi, and Tatsoi
As you can see the seed starter will be busy this year. It will run pretty much non stop from January to mid September. Let the fun begin!!!
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Hello
I plated my lettuce,spinach,onions,dill and cilantro outside a few weeks ago ( the lettuce and spinach about a month ago) and I have Tomatoes bell peppers luffa and a small fig tree in the house I am hoping to start my garden in march..I am from Texas zone 7b-8