So, in late February, I started winter sowing some of my seeds from the Fall trade 
My brother and his family have been saving milk jugs for me. A couple are mine, although we don't drink milk fast enough, since DD#1 is not living at home. 
I still need about 10 more milk jugs, and I'm afraid it'll be too late to winter sow in jugs, by the time I get enough 
so I'll probably direct winter sow many of the remaining seeds, in the gardens bc I'm way too impatient to wait an entire year to sow these perennials 
and I have a brown thumb when growing from seed the normal way 
Hopefully this method works. It's the first time I've ever tried winter sowing! 
Winter sown seeds in jugs...
Gotta open them up occasionally for moisture. We'll be getting snow starting tonight through Thursday, then a melt Friday through Sunday, so that should be enough moisture for a while 
I did sow seeds directly in the gardens today. (Brrr! It was cold, and my new garden gloves haven't arrived yet so, yeah, no gloves out there today ) Direct winter sowing was the plan for those particular seeds all along.
Direct sown Blue Sea Holly seeds under overturned wire baskets, secured with landscape fabric staples, to protect them from birds and critters...in the old tree garden
Direct sown PowWow Wildberry Coneflower in the kennel border (far left and right)...Cheyenne Spirit Coneflower is planted in the center (curved area)....
It's looking like I'll have to get some more small wire baskets to protect more direct sown seeds, but I'm very excited to be trying this method!
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