It's Winter...we've all got the Winter blues.  But wait...what appears in our mailbox this time of year?  It's the light at the end of this dark, dreary, wet, COLD tunnel!  Yes, Spring is approaching when we start getting our seed catalogs in the mail.

I flip through the pages envisioning a warm summer and fantasizing about my huge bounty of produce.  Yes, that's what girls fantasize about!

I then snap back to reality and realize that all the fancy, new seeds I have been lusting over will most likely do what last years fancy, new seeds did...nothing.  Gotta stick with the tried-and-true for success!

Here are a few fun ways to start seeds this year.  Include a lil' one so they can have as much pride as you when they see that thing growing in the garden.  Ahh, and then there is harvest time!  They will feel as rich as you when they have their arms full of the seasons bounty!

The main theme with all of these fun projects is you have to HORDE!  Yes, for some that may be easy.  But your hording for a fun project and you're also saving money by not buying those darn peat pots!

Keep those toilet paper rolls. Run to the recycle bin and snatch up all those wrapping paper rolls too! 

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Put that big Sunday paper to use!   No, not to use as toilet paper but for little seed starting pots!

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Here we go again...chickens and gardening colliding again.  Its like peanut butter and jelly!  Someone should REALLY make a product that lets you enjoy both!  ahem...how about you just decide what you'll plant on the roof of this while you're making your eggshell pots.

This one is fun.  Save eggshells and egg cartons to hold them in.  I love how you can use colored Easter eggs for this!  Color your egg chartreuse and then grow bright red beets.  Green + Red, again another perfect combo.

You could also buy a mini coop and plant an herb garden, micro greens or succulents!  Can't you just picture your little micro green garden growing in your mini coop on your desk at work.  What? Hungry for a snack, just pick off some micro greens to snack on!

When you're ready to transplant your starters, think of that whole peanut butter and jelly analogy.  There could be that perfect combo of chickens and gardening awaiting for you outside!