I bought this bin at a local gardening supply store, but have seen them in some of the seed catalogues and Lee Valley. It is awesome! I usually do my indoor seed starting in my furnace room, where my seedstarting shelves/lights are. The bin keeps things tidy.

There's a little removable shelf that holds seed packages, markers and labels. The cell trays fit perfect in it, which reduces the spillage

I will move it out to the greenhouse for potting-up stuff.

That's really nice. I've never seen them locally, though I have seen them in catalogues. I guess I'm too cheap to pay for both the tray and postage.

Karen

The bins are great. I have one that I bought from T&T seeds except it is outside...lol! Mine doesn't have the removable top.

joanna - that is a great thing to have. no matter how much i try to be neat when it comes to starting seeds i always end up getting the potting mix on the floor and all over the table.

I use a cement-mixing bin that I bought at our local big-box store. It's about 6" deep, and about 20" x 16". It was only about 8 or 9 dollars, and makes it really easy to moisten a large amount of potting mix at one time. Also is big enough to fill my pots without dirt going everywhere!

I have one of the under the bed storage boxes.. it's long enough to fit a flat on the right and keep my medium to the left.. room for spill over too.. it's a godsend!!

That looks like one of those 'why didn't I think of that?' things. I completely need one. Thanks for posting the picture.

I use the bottom drawers out of discarded electric stoves
They work real well for me

What a great use for recycling materials, Charlie! I love that idea....

Charlie, how often do you wear out stoves? I've had the same one for 28 years. I might have a long wait for that drawer. (Shows how little I cook!)

Karen

oh Karen just sign up for freecycle!!... bet you can get some easy

I need to get rid of all the junk and clutter in this house, not collect more!

I use a big old flat serving tray when I plant. It's length is just about an inch shorter than a flat. When filling the edge of a flat, I just need to slide it an inch left or right. And it works great for planting pots.

I also do my planting in my ugly unfinished basement so no big deal if I spill stuff. I just sweep it up from the concrete floor easily. When planting in summer I do it on a small table in the yard, under the shade of a tree.

Karen

I cheated this year and used a pop up tent for shade