Starting Seeds Indoors

[CrazyEight]

We did this last year, and I'm planning on doing it again with some modifications. Last year we saved up individual yogurt cups to start the seeds in, and I had rows of them on cookie sheets on the floor in front of my sliding glass door. It's in the living room, where the kids aren't allowed to go, so it was a big treat to go in once or twice a day to spray them with water bottles. After the seedlings got big enough, we transplanted them into large containers on my balcony. I had them spend a couple afternoons collecting rocks from the front yard and sidewalk to put in the bottom of the containers - that went over really well!

This year I don't think I'm going to do as much from seed. I'll probably buy some seedlings from the farmer's market in a few weeks. We'll do some flower seeds though, probably in small clay pots from the dollar store so they can take them home.

I saw an idea floating around pinterest about using ice cream cones to start seeds in - much better than my yogurt cups from last year, because I lost a couple seedlings transplanting them.

I'm planning on doing cucumbers from seed, a couple tomato and pepper plants from seedlings, some herbs, lettuce, maybe mini-watermelons, strawberries, and some flowers. Maybe some green onions too.