Call me lazy, but no way I am doing all that stuff to start seeds in my basement! Our basement is fairly well used already, space wise.
Me, I get intense satisfaction from picking up some great heirloom tomato plantlings from my local nursery a little before Memorial Day weekend. It's fun to pick them out!
I do like planting faster growing things from seed though!

I think if I planted corn I'd have every raccoon in the neighborhood climbing over my fence! (at least that's what the locals tell me)
Happily, organic corn is fairly obtainable and reasonably priced around here now.

Made tuna salad for dinner tonight, which we'll have over a bed of our own lettuces just picked an hour ago.