Sounds like you did a great job your first year. Just think how many years this will payoff with the shrubs and perennials. Make sure to post some pictures when things are blooming.

You will be amazed next spring when all those tiny perennial seedlings come back as lush plants!!!!

Throw some zinnia seed around now so that you have some color for this year.

Yea! I kind of finished my planting on Monday. I have about 5 plants that can't be sown out because of size, and probably won't be ready for a while, so to make myself feel better I'm considering myself finished with all the "normal" plants. My back hurts!

It feels good to be done and have so much in the garden I've completely run out of room. It will be nice to have buds on my annuals, too!

congratulations to you who finished.

I have 4 more containers - pink salvia - at the garden ready to plant out and that is it.

I feel relieved, but yesterday, when I looked at my shelf in the driveway where I keep my WS containers, it looked so empty!
oh dear, I know, there is spring and summer sowing,lol

Congrats! I'm a first-timer too, and I sowed about the same amount of containers as you (for the same reason...thinking I would need to increase my odds of success. LOL!). I just finished getting all but three of mine out. I have to say, I am relieved to be done with the "pot ghetto" for a while. :)

I have been sowing annuals off and on in some of the empty jugs. I have emptied about all the ws ones, but now have about 15 more sitting with annuals in them.
Tammy

Lol, I love that phrase, "pot ghetto". I think my DH will be glad when he sees the last of the milk jugs are gone from the yard. But he actually kind of got interested in winter-sowing...he even started checking my jugs for sprouts...
Pink salvia, wow, that sounds nice...maybe I'll sow some salvia next year. Now I understand why there is a "Winter Sowing is Addicting" FAQ sheet!

yes I'm looking forward to pink salvia.
I've had it before, but never WS'ed it.

Salvia is something the critters don't eat, so I have become a great lover of Salvia!

Yesterday I got part of my pink salvia planted, still have more, and also one container of tall red salvia.

I had to tear up the self-seeded CA poppies to make room.
But I've got plenty of CA poppies.

Topie, my DH became interested in the process too when he saw all the sprouts. We've had people over a couple times this spring and I've heard him telling some about the process (probably in explaining why we had all those milk jug halves lying around). Actually, he told one of the neighbors when we were over my sister's house next door and she just had to come up and see. She got some hollyhocks and what I now think are tri-color daisies (thought they were painted) for her interest.

Where in PA are you? Need any tomato seedlings? I have lots. LOL

Caryl