Well, last Saturday I planted the little seeds and stuck them outside to freeze their little seed butts off. Mother Nature has been kind enough to cover them with a nice white blanket of snow so they are truly tucked in! This year I used all Burpee seeds (so far) and Miracle Gro seed/seedling starter for my planting.
Reflecting on last years mostly failed winter sowing project, this is what I learned. Don't forget to cut drainage holes in the containers! I drowned my poor little seeds & seedlings. Also, if you use a closed top container, be sure to put holes in the top too so you don't bake the poor things. I'm surprised I got as much as I did last year for as badly as I treated the poor things!
Something I'm looking forward to this year: I dug out all my strawberry plants last spring and planted all new ones (bare root so they were tiny) so I had a year without strawberries :( In spite of the drought, I think a few of the plants will be big enough this year that I can get a few to nibble on. It was fun trying to get the runners of the new plants to go where I wanted them to, and not wherever they felt like going.
I realized that I completely forgot to but Gerbera daisy seeds! Shame on me! They are my absolute favorite flower and I totally skipped over them when I was buying seeds. I'll have to save a few more milk jugs so I can get more sown. I want to have a whole patch of just those this year.
I am getting really ancy and I can't wait to get out there and get some "real" planting done, but sadly I know it's going to be another 10 weeks at minimum before I get to. *sigh*
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