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who is winter sowing?
What are you sowing this year? What are you most excited about?
I'm pretty excited to grow lots of seed I collected from my Mom's garden when I got to visit her this past summer for the first time in years (usually it is a winter holiday when we visit). Lots are a bit experimental, like clematis and panicle hydrangeas. Some have been very successful in the past, like bleeding heart. It was just a wonderful time walking around her garden and collecting the seeds. Planting seeds that have memories attached and growing flowers from them is a very special thing.
I've also had hybrid hellebore seeds in jugs since the summer (lid off in summer obviously) and I hope they germinate in the spring.
I wish we didn't have our privacy issues here because I'd love to do a seed swap.
We're having a very wet and cold February so I'm holding off for another couple of months.
Cold and wet it great for the "winter sowing" method of starting your seeds in little recycled greenhouses outside:
https://beaufort.ces.ncsu.edu/2024/12/winter-seed-sowing-in-milk-jugs-a-gardeners-guide-to-early-starts-and-resilient-plants/
Oooch, so that's how that works.
I had to google for pics of milk jugs. Think the method might be used with plastic water bottles, but the jugs are really better suited.
You can use any plastic container that you can make those modifications to (drainage, closed but with holes for moisture to get in). I've used those plastic containers fresh spinach/greens come in and they work great.