Burpee Seed Starter includes: a detailed plant encyclopedia - profiling 300 of the best annuals, perennials, vegetables, and herbs - listing all the basic growing needs of the plant, including soil in light needs. Complete and up-to-date information on sowing indoors and outdoors, fertilizing, watering, thinning, transplanting, troubleshooting, and much more. Special tips scattered throughout on purchasing seed, seed viability, and different equipment available to help the home-gardener plant seed. Extensive appendices including information on average first and last frost dates, indoor/outdoor planting guides, the most popular vegetable and herb planting charts, seeds that need light to germinate, and additional information sources. More than 140 full-color photographs, including vintage Burpee illustrations, and more than 50 informative black-and-white line drawings. Read Less