I can’t tell you how excited I am to start garden seeds indoors while there’s still a blanket of snow on the ground. Watching seeds germinate and seedlings grow, and looking forward to summer crops and beautiful blooms while the weather is dreary, brings life to an otherwise gloomy winter. Aside from helping me to shake off the winter blues, seed starting is actually very practical for the gardener who grows large quantities of veggies, fruits, and flowers. It also allows for a wider and tastier choice of plants than what you might find at your local garden center in spring (especially if that garden center is a box store). I grow hundreds of pounds of food every year in my small garden, and I like experimenting with flowers. If I had to buy the same number of seedlings as what I start from seed, I’d go broke. Even when …