My Method of Winter Sowing

I've come across a few threads about winter sowing. Living in the Artic i do have a choice in how i get ready for spring planting, but with the summers here you never know if its going to snow in the middle of summer or be blazing hot. This is how i get my seeds to weather to the conditions here. Come spring thaw, only the very strongest of the strong will have survived an thats what i want an need to be able to garden here in the Artic. Heres what i do first:

First get all your supplies ready, i use butter tubs, ice cream tubs, in 3 and 2 liter sizes, long planter trays for my veggies or just about anything that can withstand a winter. Take one container and take off the lid, cut out the center of the lid and just save the edge that seals. like in the pic. use the centers of those lids to make great name sticks for your seeds, so you know what you have just planted come spring. Plastic wrap to cover the tubs and the lid edge to seal the plastic on.

next cut holes into the bottoms of your containers, not big ones but a few slices from scissors or an knife will work. fill with your soil, sprinke your seeds, and water but not to where it gets soggy. just enough to help the freezing process.

When i do sprinkle the seeds on i immediately stick a name stick in it so i can remember what i have just planted. when you start to do this an you have 50 or so tubs going at one time, its a huge memory saver. lol. Now take out the stick, an wrap plastic wrap over the top an down the sides an seal with your lid edging. stick the name stick back in thru the plastic and your done. by putting the stick thru the plastic your are also letting air come thru, an also the water from the elements to help in the freezing process an in spring the thawing process. now take them outside an just set them in a spot that is out of the way of walking traffic an your done until spring an your new seeds have started to sprout.

This is just a start for me, there will be plenty more going out as the winter season progresses. but i think now with some pictures it helps to see what is going on.

I did plant in those containers, wild sage, hyssop, and chamomile,, and in the long container is antique pink roses, (i have no idea what the name is, it grows here) its where i get my rose hips from. but that is just a start. so happy sowing to all!!!!

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