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I am starting a garden: should I plant seeds or plants?

I live in Northwest Missouri and the weather is finally starting to warm up. I think the frost date has passed. I decided to start a garden a few days ago. I have dug up and tilled the garden. I need to know- should I buy seeds and plant them directly outside or do I need to buy already started plants. Seeds are cheaper but I want to do whatever will yield veggies. I know I should have started seeds indoors in January, but I didn’t. Is it too late for me and my garden dreams? please provide me with a list of veggies I can buy as seeds and a list that I better buy as plants. I want to grow a little of everything. Any advice will be appreciated! Thanks! Also- we have a lot of cow manure (we own cattle) what does “well rotted” mean and how do I get it that way? How can I prevent weeds from growing? Please note: where we live the wind never stops blowing.

To plant an herb garden is it better to get seeds or the plants already started?

I want to do the herbs in containers too. Should I get the plants already started and plant them in the pots, or should I get seeds and plant them in the pots? What about those herb growing kits that come with the seeds that are in these little peat moss pellets? Also, if I want organic herbs does that mean I need to buy organic herb seed or organic herb plant, or will it be organic either way as long as I’m not using chemicals? Thanks! Obviously inexperienced over here…

how do I save seeds from my garden?

How do I salvage the seeds from my garden plants that have done well, ie tomatoes and corn etc.

can you use a tanning bed to start flowers/veggies seeds gardening plants?

My dad and I just cleaned out a room to get a bed for my daughter that my mom had tucked away and there was a tanning bed in there. it is just the top of the tanning bed and it works and gets warm. We love to garden and the question came to us:

“Would it work to start seeds and grow plants?”

seems like it would be better than grow lights but not sure what the actual differance is????

So, If you know of an answer for us that would be great!!

we were thinking about using in conjunction with his grow lights ….turn on the tanning bed for like an hour a day for intense direct light and heat?

can you plant garden seeds for next year in the ground this fall?

meaning…after my plants in the garden die this year would it be possible to plant next years crop this fall? I have raised beds with low tunnels (which have protected my plants this year as low as 23 degrees so far) and we get a lot of snow here. My plan is to cover my beds in early April, it tends to still be pretty cold around here and the ground is usually still frozen. My theory is that if I just cover the beds with the seeds ALREADY frozen in the ground that by the time the regular growing season starts (june 1st here) they already have 6 weeks growth….is this crazy or should it work? I will grow my more tender plants (tomatoes, peppers) under lights until it’s time to plant outside but I am thinking of this idea for things like squash, pumpkins. cucumbers, beets, carrots, onion etc….any thoughts would be helpful, thank you!

Im not planning on growing plants during winter…I guess my real question is…will those aforementioned seeds stay dormant in the winter and sprout in the spring like other seeds will..ie chives, cilatro, 4 o’clocks, marigold…etc???

Do I put mulch in the garden before or after planting seeds?

I got some packets of ground-cover type flower seeds, like wildflowers I guess, to plant in a section of garden area in front of my house. I am not too concerned with placement so I’m just going to spread them around and see what happens and hope they grow.

I am figuring mulching over top of seeds or newly grown plants will suffocate them, but I just want to make sure because I’m not too educated with gardening.

Thanks in advance.

I know nothing about gardening. I planted wildflower seeds directly in my garden. Are they going to grow?

I didn’t know anything about starting them indoors and now I am reading all this stuff on them and I’m worried. My mom passed away this winter and she was the one to do all this stuff and I’ve never really payed attention. Actually she always just bought flowers. Anyways. I planted them well after any chance of frost and I water them everyday. They are in a mostly sunny partly shady area which they called for. I also planted a vine. Should I just count it as a loss and go buy flowers or do you think there is hope?