Sounds like a good plan!
I went all nostalgic and started them the way my grandmother used to start her seeds on the window sill, in egg shells.
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The herbs and strawberries wintered over nicely, I covered the jardinieres with black plastic last fall, and buried them against the shed under a blanket of pine needles.
I put them in the sun on Friday and wouldn't ya know the snow this morning! I wish I had covered them last night ...it'll be wait-n-see.