It's hard to control the urge, ain't it? I've lost count now on how many I've sown. I've got to open up the hoophouse in a couple days to check on the babies that had already sprouted when we got this latest round of cold weather. I know I'm in the 500+ range already. I expect 1000 containers, 6"/quart sized or smaller for the majority. I'm waiting on a delivery of another 50 two-liters to sow all my agastache and more tender perennials. I've got the space to plant for sure. I just don't look forward to those days spent with my face in the dirt trying to dig all these holes.

I think I didn't anticipate doing so many jugs of the same type of seed. I collected practically every seed of every type I could get my hands on. And then I ordered quite a bit from cheap seeds, not anticipating I could sow like a gagillion containers per packet. And then I ordered more seeds from value seeds. And then I did a few trades and got some free seeds from an enabler :-) Right now I'm just trying to finish up sowing the seeds I collected that are perennial and hardy annual. Then I'm finishing up the bought ones; then the traded ones. Add that on top of a personality that can't not use up every single seed. . .

Good thing I'm moving in about a month or the soon to be ex-bf would really be freaking. He was freaking a little last night when I was trying to rig up my cattle panel enclosure. He's like "why can't you just stack them on top of eachother." I said "they're not going to stack and sit straight." I just keep telling him they'll be gone in a month, carefully transported in the back of my Durango.

LOL - When I saw the subject of your post, I thought something bad had happened to 25 of your milk jugs! Glad to see that things are going SO WELL that you've blown past your anticipated 25!

Isnt it great! I ahve done about a hundred so far. I did only half the perrenials seeds i have! Annuals i have even more. I told my dh, if only 1 seed grows from each container, ill have at least a hundred new plants, and i spent about 75 dollars on supplies (soil, seeds, marker, duct tape and plastiic baggies).Thats definatly a great return on investment!!!

I always say I'm not going to do so many and I always end up with 200 or more containers. I've done most of my perennials (I have about 15 more containers of those) and then I have about 100 annuals that I will sow. And to think my husband wanted to give me a greenhouse and I said "NO"! But really I enjoy the WS process - gives me something green and growing to think about and I love watching for the green wave!

I did around four hundred my first year, this is my second and I'm trying to stick to two hundred. I got tired when the planting out was going on. Really I'm doing almost the same amount but with half of it being direct sown this year. :) It's hard to stick to your guns when everyone here is so generous and keeps giving away seeds or trading things you really want.

Hey I am at 125 and have lots more to go. I decided I will sow as many as I can get done and forget a number. If I set a number then I will not stick to it.

I just got stuck on a few flowers I wanted lots of like Ruds, Alyssum, gaillardia and zinnia.

So, I probably have more to sow but if I stopped now I would have enough flowers :)

My original goal was 12. Yesterday I started setting jugs along the north side of my garage because the breezeway won't hold any more. I'm at 220 and still have annuals to do plus I keep buying more perennial seed packs when I see new varieties. The neighbor who goes dumpster diving for me every week just keeps bringing truckload after truckload of milk jugs.
Today I bought more potting mix. And more seeds. And I know the container work is the easy part. It's just so great having my hands in dirt this time of year, plus I've met so many great folks on this forum.
It was nice enough over the weekend that I walked around and made a note of spaces where I can plunk and run when the time comes. The butterfly bed I started 2 years ago looked a little sparse last year. I don't guess that's going to be an issue after this!

I thought something bad had happened too, given all the cold temps snow and ice of late.

I haven't started, yet. Seems I amassed this large colection of juice jugs and they are heavy (I don't know what you qualify them as, PVC or just heavy plastic) so I had a hard time getting through the one I cut. I don't have any other tools either and don't want to stab myself. But they are nice and clear and have that sort of rectangular shape. Anyway, I read about using hole punch and pipe cleaners to fasten them back instead of tape. Of course I can't find the hole punch now. Which brings me to the drainage holes. I don't think I am going to be able to stab them with the scissors and I just read about how holes, not slits, work so much better at keeping the jugs from drowing.

Then there's all the soil which I left outside. It's now frozen. I have to try and find all those seeds I bought and saved too.

Gee, it sounds like I am procrastinating which is the last thing I want to do~ as the WS gives me such joy and it's a pleasure to read and look at the photos on here. Not to mention winter's fleeting (did I mean to say sleeting? na).

Too funny! It's an addiction that just can't be stopped. Last yer I was thrilled that I sowed over 200 containers, this year I am currently at 239 with some hardy annuals, annuals and veggies to go. There could be far worse things to be addicted to! I love being able to play in the dirt in the Winter and have so much to look forward to come Spring. Let's all hope the groundhog does not see his shadow ;)

Because I don't have the space to sow a lot of new stuff (my garden already being somewhat established, I did manage to keep it at around 32 jugs... but I haven't done the tender stuff yet. I am hoping to have so much SUCCESS that I can share with my sister who has 25 acres (as opposed to my little subdivision lot!).

Here is my first Wintersowing set of jugs covered in their first snowfall (my dog Dizzy snuck in the picture too)!

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It would be interesting to read about how you deal with your huge quantity of seedlings. Are you able to transplant them all? Some of the operations sound almost commercial in scale (unless there's just one seed planted in each container, which I guess would be highly unlikely). I'm amazed.....

Thanks for the great pictures of your interesting set-ups.