Priscilla Joy

Spring is just around the corner so as well as taking care of baby chicks and welcoming my friends baby goats to the world I am also growing some “baby” plants. Yes! Seedlings! Doing seedlings are much less expensive than buying plants in the summer and more fun too in my opinion. Here are some easy steps to planting your own seedlings.

The things you will need.

First, seeds! We got these from the hardware store downtown for about $2.00 a packet. We planted jalepeno peppers and lettuce so that is all I have pictured but we have many more seeds too! These seeds are also non GMO! That means that they are NOT genetically modified! Yeah for that!

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Next, containers! These are little seedling containers we got free from someone on Craigslist a couple years back. We have a ton of them! The seedlings will be transplanted into bigger pots later.

The soil we got at Lowes for about $4.00 a pack. It is made especially for planting seedlings.

Lastly, we got a spray bottle of water to water our seedlings. You could find a spray bottle at a dollar store I assume.

We put the containers filled with soil on a tray next to the window and put the seeds in. Then we watered them.

And labeled them…

I then put plastic wrap over and put it on top of the fridge (for the warmth) until it germinates. The seeds are supposed to germinate in about 2 weeks.

I am keeping track of seedlings on my calendar. Just follow the directions on the back of the seeds. Our frost date that I am going by is April 10th, most of the seeds are to be planted about 2-3 weeks before the frost date. Jalepeno and lettuce are to be planted earlier. If you do lots of seedlings make sure you keep a calendar.

Quick recap of what you need! Blessings on your planting!

I will post an update of my plants later…. Thanks to my little brother William for helping with the pictures. 😉 And getting pictures taken of him too… 🙂

Enjoy getting in the dirt! (I know I will)

Priscilla