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Growing herbs and strawberries for sure. I'm also guilty of starting a garden and not giving it all the attention it deserves, so I'm planning to plant less this year, as well.

My answer is a "yes if..." If we find a house to purchase I will start a garden this year. I am not even sure how much planting I will do but at least some soil and bed prepping will happen right away.

I ordered my seeds on January 3 from Seed Savers, and now I can't stop thinking about it because I'm so excited. I dreamed of planting green bean seeds last night.

Windowsill herb garden for me. I'd love to take a crack at tomato plants, but don't think they'll really do so well indoors. My kitchen's windows are south facing and get tons of light, but I just can't see it.

I actually had a dream about buying herb plants last night. Still too many months off to truly contemplate kitchen gardens yet though.

With all the snow and ice outside, the arrival of seed magazines was uplifting!

I'm sure I'll have tomatoes, cucumbers, watermelon, sweet corn, acorn squash, zucchini, potatoes, cantaloupe, and who knows what else.

Oh, this is my favorite seed catalog:

http://www.territorialseed.com/

Trying to think how early Mom used to start seeds when we lived in a place where there was winter... I don't remember. In any case, maybe the early catalogs are a marketing ploy... they know you want to dream of being outside in the sunshine and hope you'll buy more seeds than practical.

I have the opposite problem... this is prime planting season for a lot of stuff and the nurseries have zilch. Do they not know where we live? You plant in March, the heat kills everything by May. But I have some seeds saved from last year... I'm trying to grow some bunching onions and will probably clean out the herb seeds... like Heidz, I tend to slack off during the hot summer and let things keel, so I'm not adding much.

For harvest right now, I have some great parsely and a bunch of shiitakes...

Even before becoming a fan of Pollan and Bittman, I was a gardener. It's part of being a good cook, methinks. I "shop" for whatever's ripe in the garden when I get home from work, and that forms the basis for that night's dinner. I bought a used freezer last summer and froze as much as I could for winter cooking.
Now is exactly the time to get seed catalogs. What else could better symbolize hope for the new year? Every year, something goes wrong in the garden, and every year we gardeners hope for the best.
One favorite: http://rareseeds.com/
Please, please, please, if you care about sustainability, don't buy Monsanto seeds, or from folks whose seeds come from Monsanto. Here's a list of distributors of Seminis (now owned by Monsanto) seeds: http://us.seminis.com/products/hg_dealer.asp
Always ask your seed company who their buy their seeds from. If they won't tell you, go somewhere else.

we moved into a house last nov which has room for a garden. i've been planning it, trying not to go overboard and plant too much. i'm hoping to grow spinach, snap peas, strawberries, broccoli, zucchini, tomatoes in containers, and herbs. maybe brussel sprouts as well...
i wish i could be gardening right now, but with all the rain we get in portland i won't really be able to do anything until may.

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tomatoes, tomatoes... and more tomatoes.

oh... and basil.

I would love to do some kitchen gardening, but sadly my condo windows only face north. Even my hardy gingko tree is struggling to survive. (Oddly, there is plenty of light, but plants just don't seem to like my northern exposure.) And no room for an Aerogarden, either. In my imagination, I'm gardening, though! Dreaming of buying a house with a big yard and plenty of sunlight, and room for windowsill gardens with southern exposure.

chia, grasses (if any will grow), lettuces (if they'll grow)

Last year I kept myself happy with just three tomato plants, some peppers (five sweet bells and two different chiles).

That went alright, and this year I'm going all-out: three types of tomatoes, carrots, cucumbers, melons, sweet and hot peppers, squash, popcorn, herbs, and beans.

All of them are heirloom seeds, and I'm ordering solely from Baker Creek this year.

NO I wish I could but I have a seriously black thumb. My house plants are the saddest things you will ever see.

I live in an apartment but Jamie Oliver mentioned on his show growing potatoes in a bag of topsoil, I was going to give that a try, you pretty much just cut a few holes in the bag and bury a few potatoes in them.

marid22 : I'm terrible with houseplants, but my kitchen garden (herbs, tomatoes) has always been pretty successful. I think growing stuff outside is a lot easier.

Tons of greens and lettuces, some tomato varieties I haven't tried before (Brandywine, Manyel, Mr. Stripey, Tigerella, and some type of early tomato), early corn, slim eggplants... This is in addition to all the regulars. With our wet cool summers, I'm caving in and seeking out strains with disease resistance this year. Still planting those treasured heirloom seeds, but I'll surround them with a little protection ;)

Tomatoes and peppers for homemade salsa!