you might try Big Top by Burpee and 2x4 by Weeks Seeds

Hi EM... If you WS root veggies they are best transplanted when quite small, just like all other WS seedlings. I generally get my root veggies transplanted when they are no more than an inch high, and usually they are smaller than that. The problems with direct sowing is that seeds are food. Critters, bugs and birds will find them. There's not always going to be a snow cover and exposed seeds are quickly found by birds. Burroughing bugs and vermin can find the seeds anytime they are active and the ground isn't so frozen that they can't tunnel through it. In my own garden I know that I have field mice despite there being cats and a dog that have run of the yard, the mice are a problem with eating seeds and very newly sprouted seeds in the ground. You know your garden best and your critter or bug populations can be different from mine or anyones garden. I'll suggest that you try both methods, do some WS and do some DS and see how that works out for you, compare the differences not just at germination time, but when you thin the DS or transplant the WS, then later on when you begin cropping.

Hi there, I don't grow veggies, but just popped in to see what was happenin'. Congratulations on the weight loss. I too lost weight eating fruits and veggies. They are filling and low in calories. Best to you and your veggies! Dee

Wow - so cool and creative!