Helen, you've got the right area but the wrong month. The two gardens you mentioned are open in July, not June. And sadly, Ulster County is not close enough to combine with Tompkins County in the same day. I'd like to see Lee Reich's garden, too.

I changed my approach several years ago, too. I realized I never did justice to the seeds I started. They never got planted in time, were always pot bound--or dead. So now I only direct sow, and not very much of that. I still feel rushed trying to get through the Spring Madness, and I can't imagine how much worse I'd feel with the pressure of seedlings to tend as well.