So pleased to hear you’ve winter sown echinacea! I have two packs of seeds I want to winter sow (first time for me), and I wasn’t sure if I could do that. I want a mass of them along a wall that runs the full length of our driveway, I already have heucheras along there, the echinacea will go in between. I’m excited to get started.
I love your winter sowing idea! I was on my way to find jugs today and now the plan is the Home Depot instead...you've altered my destiny with your video...nice.
Thanks for listing your plants and where you got them - I’m an old grower but in a new construction garden. (We had amazing soil before!) and I had lots of perennials in my beds. I’m going to try and do cut flowers to give to friends and possibly sell?!? Excited!!
Fellow 6B winter sower and gardener here! Awesome video. Great flowers / herb starts for January! Like the storage container idea. Beats all the tape, strings and hassles of individual milk jugs! -N
LOVE THIS!! Thanks for another great video, and I'll be using tubs also...much more organized and easier than milk jugs. Good luck to all who winter sow!!
I just watched your last years sowing. Im in 6a lucas ohio, we just had a snow storm lol for 2 days we had total 6 to 7 inches. It just stopped snowing a few hours ago its Monday the 24th of Jan 2022
Great video- Great tips. Turning the bin upside down- smart!!! I took down notes and will be incorporating some of your tips in my future winter sowings. New subscriber :)
Great idea! I'm in 6B. Same area, too. Happy to have found your channel. I'm doing my winter sowing this week :) I will try this technique. Thanks for the great content!
Good luck. I’m looking forward to your update. I’m trying this for my first time this year in recycled food containers. Lakeshore ON. We have a nice microclimate with mostly mild winters but cold enough to turn the river into a racetrack. I’m going to try your method too. Nice video by the way. Thanks for sharing.
Great job!!My first year wintersowing and I have solocups in storage bins and milk jugs. How do you plant Dusty Miller seeds!!. They are so small I'm afraid I may have over seeded most of them.
Hi Brittany, Your seeds will be just fine. Don't cover them! I know it seems scary but snow, ice, and low temps will not hurt your seeds. One of the many wonderful aspects of winter sowing!
Good set up 👍
Thanks, I’ll have to watch again. Great information!
I live in Warrensburg mo you are the only grower I have found close to my zone
Yay! Do you grow flowers for cutting?
@@backyardbeauty9283 I am starting
So pleased to hear you’ve winter sown echinacea! I have two packs of seeds I want to winter sow (first time for me), and I wasn’t sure if I could do that. I want a mass of them along a wall that runs the full length of our driveway, I already have heucheras along there, the echinacea will go in between. I’m excited to get started.
Those will look great together! I'm curious if the echinacea will be a slow grower the first year. Time will tell!
Good for you! Find your own way! After a couple of years saving jugs, I switched to ziplocks and touts. Works great for me 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱
Ziplocks - intriguing! Live and learn, right?! Happy growing.
I love your winter sowing idea! I was on my way to find jugs today and now the plan is the Home Depot instead...you've altered my destiny with your video...nice.
Exciting! Would love to know how things grow for you.
What a great idea! I have so many 4” pots from last year and I like that I can start a variety in on container.
Yay! Happy Growing!
Thanks for listing your plants and where you got them - I’m an old grower but in a new construction garden. (We had amazing soil before!) and I had lots of perennials in my beds. I’m going to try and do cut flowers to give to friends and possibly sell?!? Excited!!
Yay! Growing cut flowers is so fun!! Happy Growing 🌱
I love this. Looks easier than jugs.More organized.
Thank you! Will you be Winter Sowing?
Thank you! 5b here and I have some extra tubs that I will put to use!
Yay! Happy growing 😁
Thanks for sharing your beautiful garden with us 🙏💕
Excited to learn about winter sowing flowers outdoors. I am from Illinois right outside of St. Louis too! Go A-town, lol.
Fellow 6B winter sower and gardener here!
Awesome video. Great flowers / herb starts for January!
Like the storage container idea. Beats all the tape, strings and hassles of individual milk jugs!
-N
Hello! What are you winter sowing this year??
I'm winter sowing for the first time this year!! So excited!! Thanks for the video ❤
WOOHOO! It's so fun! What zone are you in?
Brilliant!!🌱
Thanks!!
Cool! Smart of you to flip the bin with the blue lid around. I just winter sowed a few cold hardy seeds. I need more jugs 🙃 Thanks for sharing!
Yay! You can keep winter sowing as you get more jugs. You can ask friends to give you theirs too!
Check with Starbucks. Call them ahead of time and ask them to set them aside. I’ve done that before. You’ll just need to wash it out.
LOVE THIS!! Thanks for another great video, and I'll be using tubs also...much more organized and easier than milk jugs. Good luck to all who winter sow!!
Thanks for this good idea of winter sowing. I will definitely borrow this from you!
Yay! Happy Growing!!
I just watched your last years sowing. Im in 6a lucas ohio, we just had a snow storm lol for 2 days we had total 6 to 7 inches. It just stopped snowing a few hours ago its Monday the 24th of Jan 2022
The snow will be great moisture for your seeds!
Great video- Great tips. Turning the bin upside down- smart!!! I took down notes and will be incorporating some of your tips in my future winter sowings. New subscriber :)
Thank you for sharing. I started doing this myself this year. Very exciting 😀🌼
Great idea! I'm in 6B. Same area, too. Happy to have found your channel. I'm doing my winter sowing this week :) I will try this technique. Thanks for the great content!
I would love to know how your winter sowing goes. Happy growing!!
Nice setup!!! I ended up having a few extra bins so will try this as well! Love winter sowing...gotta get the growing itch scratched...lol
Yes! Especially during these post holiday winter months. Happy growing!
Thanks for posting! I’ll be doing the same thing maybe on Monday, Jan 17th as I don’t have a lot of milk jugs.
Good luck. I’m looking forward to your update. I’m trying this for my first time this year in recycled food containers. Lakeshore ON. We have a nice microclimate with mostly mild winters but cold enough to turn the river into a racetrack. I’m going to try your method too. Nice video by the way. Thanks for sharing.
Recyled food containers - what a great idea! I might try that with a few more seeds. Happy growing!
What a great idea! I may try this if I run out of jugs. This will be my first year winter sowing in zone 4b
Woohoo! Happy Growing!!
Love this idea using the bins!
thanks for sharing your knowledge!!!
My pleasure! Will you be winter sowing this year?
@@backyardbeauty9283 yes! I’m going to see if I can get some of those big storage containers!!! I’m subscribing to your channel too!
Literally just did the same thing 15 minutes ago for my pepper plants.
I wasn’t sure, but you remembered to drill holes into the bottoms (not just the tops) of the tubs right? Don’t want them to drown! 😉
I did drill holes in the bottom of the bins as well as the tops! I must have forgotten to mention that 🤦♀Thanks for watching out!
Great job!!My first year wintersowing and I have solocups in storage bins and milk jugs. How do you plant Dusty Miller seeds!!. They are so small I'm afraid I may have over seeded most of them.
Overseeding happens! I try to tap them out of the envelope fold - not a perfect strategy but it works. Happy growing!
Oh thank God I found some one in my zone very nice it’s to early I’m sowing vegetables in February in milk jugs every year it’s excellent thank u .
I see different suggestions on sun or shade to keep the milk jugs in. Why do you do sun?
From what I've learned so far, sun is best, but you can always try shade and see how it goes! Happy Growing.
Love your idea 😀. So how well did they do ?
They did ok, but I’m back to using jugs this year.
I'm in zone 6a Ohio. If my dirt freezes on the off nites it gets to freeze will it kill my seeds? If so are we to cover the jugs on any freeze nights.
Hi Brittany, Your seeds will be just fine. Don't cover them! I know it seems scary but snow, ice, and low temps will not hurt your seeds. One of the many wonderful aspects of winter sowing!
@@backyardbeauty9283 😊❤
Zone?
I am in Zone 6b :)