The last frost date here is May 15th. Coming from North Carolina, May seemed awfully late to be planting and in previous year I actually doubted the validity of that date. But nature decided to teach me a lesson and snow and freezing temperatures last April made me decide I'd better get used to doing my planting in May.
Still, I brought plants out of the garage to get some sun by the kitchen windows.
I started to set up and fill the Earthboxes.
I started to set up and fill the Earthboxes.
And I started my tomato and pepper seeds. It was then that I realized I needed something to start my seeds in. I never really cared for the Jiffy pellets I'd used in the past. They never seemed to break down properly in the soil once planted. I was also looking for ways to save money. I knew there was a way to make seed pots from newspaper, but I had lots of toilet paper rolls in my recycling/craft bin.
I decided to turn those empty toilet paper rolls into seed pots. With just a few snips of the scissors...
And a few folds...
And one piece of masking tape...I had a seed pot.
Repeat a dozen more times and I have a nice collection of tomato and jalapeno seeds started in toilet paper tubes filled with coconut coir on the kitchen counter (no wonder my kids' friends think I'm nutty).
At least I was able to get SOME gardening in before the first Spring snow fell...
Over 11 inches of it...
I guess we'll be going back to our Winter activities now.
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