That's pretty much the point, just do what's easiest and works best for you ;) Tweak the rules as experience shows you what's good for your needs.

I sowed some perennials yesterday that need only a very brief chill if any - and can happily say I no longer have a bucket of dirt, pots, bag of grit, to step around in front of my washer and dryer. My custard cups of seeds are off the kitchen counter, label maker put away too.

I am looking for techniques that make WSing easier too. Not as young as I used to be, and I have shoulder tendonitis from shoveling too much this winter, which is requiring me to ease off activity for awhile. So this year I am:

- Sowing less perennials /more annuals & veggies. After years of buying, swapping, and WSing perennials, there are plenty in the gardens, as well as some in the pot ghetto still waiting to be planted!

- Using more 16 oz cups, and sowing fewer seeds per cup - so it's easier to closely monitor the sprouting and performance of some more expensive seeds.

- letting the rain get the containers wet before sowing. After filling the cups/bottles with soil, I line them up in a planter or plastic box and put them outside on the deck just before they predict some rain. Much easier!

Isn't the whole concept based on keeping it simple? Last year was my first and I definitely made it more complicated than necessary.

I decided to simplify for myself this year by not labeling containers with the plant name. Sharpie markers are evil and have been banished from all my garden projects. I labeled my peppers with a Sharpie on plastic tags last year at transplant time and the labels were blank a week later. This year I'm only using paint pens. I've been writing the container number in four places on the jug: inside, outside on the bottom, and outside on two sides of the bottom half. No separate labels. I made a spreadsheet with all the numbers listed so I know what's what.

No tape here either. I've been cutting the tops almost all the way around, and using a hole punch to make holes in each half, opposite the hinge. Then a twist tie to hold it closed. Punch, punch, twist, done. I save twist ties from fresh produce bags so I always have plenty.

-Edie