Starting Seeds

If you want a real variety in your vegetable and flower gardens it usually means buying seeds. Seeds can be sown directly in the garden or started indoors. You can use plastic seed starting trays. The advantage is that you can use these year after year. The disadvantage is plastic is not environmentally friendly. You can start you seeds in starter pots made of peat moss. One of the biggest advantages to these over plastic is very little transplant shock because you transplant container and all. The dis advantage is you have to buy them every year. If you, or anyone you know, gets take-out coffee in a cardboard you ca re-use these to start your seeds. Just fill with soil and plant your seeds. You can write the seeds you are starting with marker on the side of the cup. When it comes time to transplant simply score the sides of the cup with a utility knife ad plant cup and all. The cup will decompose after being buried. Another good thing to start seeds in is egg shells. Rinse the shells after cracking your eggs. Just fill with soil ad plant your seeds. When ready to transplant squeeze the shells slightly to crack and plat in your garden. The added benefit is the egg shells help to fertilize your plats as they grow. You can also buy a special pot maker that turns your old newspapers into seed starting pots. The newspaper will decompose after it is planted in your garden. Below you will find some helpful books on starting and saving seeds.