Have you tried winter sowing? It worked well for me here in northern IN. Made up my containers, set out in the garden in the ice and snow and ended up with some harrdy veggies and flowers.
You have to plant them in dirt in clear containers with covers, suits or holes to let rain and snow in, the seeds germinate when they are ready and they are so hardy as they weren't babied inside. There is a winter Sowers FB group with lots of info.
Have you tried winter sowing? It worked well for me here in northern IN. Made up my containers, set out in the garden in the ice and snow and ended up with some harrdy veggies and flowers.
You have to plant them in dirt in clear containers with covers, suits or holes to let rain and snow in, the seeds germinate when they are ready and they are so hardy as they weren't babied inside. There is a winter Sowers FB group with lots of info.