In a fit of whiny impulsiveness today, added a bunch of new garden friends, including : ~ Ornamental Purple Peppers (Explosive Ember?) ~ "Bush Pickle" Cucumbers - doesn't that sound like the ultimate euphemism??? ~ Green Zebra tomato (none of my wintersown seeds came up...) :-( And some slightly less exciting choices, including: ~ Regular sage (I have a tricolor, but not a regular one, and this had nice big leaves) ~ Italian oregano ~ Lemon thyme ~ "Pimento" red peppers (yes, this is the year of the pepper around here) Oh! Exciting! I was emptying out the "failed" wintersown containers today when I noticed... Seedlings! Finally sprouted in the Blackberry Lily container. They look like knives, like little teeny tiny irises, which makes sense because, according to this helpful page , they are in the iris family and NOT the lily family at all (unlike many things we call lily that are in the lily family, like Toad Lilies). Onions or garlic (I forget which)