Winter Sowing in milk jugs has been enjoyable and successful here for the past several years. Having a seed-starting project in January is akin to browsing the seed catalogs – an opportunity to plan for, and dream about, the next growing season, with the added benefit of actually working with seeds and planting mix. While…
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A Photo Summary of Winter Sowing
An overview was given in a November blogpost which stated my intention to do winter sowing at the end of December or very early January. But here it is, the end of January. It’s possible that some of the seeds will not get the full length of cold they require because I got started so…
Planning Winter Seed Sowing
It’s time to think through and do some initial preparation for winter sowing. “Winter sowing” most commonly refers to starting seeds in a one-gallon plastic container such as a milk jug or water jug. Once seeds are planted in the prepared jug, the jug stays outside through the winter with very little to no intervention…
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