In my enthusiasm to bring native bugs back to my yard and neighborhood, I ordered a bunch of native plant seeds. They are not necessarily easy to find and are not necessarily inexpensive. Clearly, though, for me to expand my own garden and provide material to the neighborhood I need to flex my seed-starting muscles. I used Amazon.com as a resource and also Plant World seeds. My hope is that getting the right species in place will be sufficient–that the local fauna will be adapted to that species regardless of its origins. Below are the seeds that had landed by last weekend:
To maximize my chances of success, I planted a number of each seed in a repurposed plastic egg carton and popped them into a crisper in the fridge for a couple of months.
These were planted on January 11th. I’ll keep the packets with the rest of the seeds in my seed drawer and plant them closer to spring. More seeds are coming, as well!