Starting From Seeds

I am trying a new twist this year; starting my garden from seeds. To do this, I bought a Burpee seed starter. Basically, it is a little plastic greenhouse:) it has 36 "pots" that sit on top of a cloth that soaks up water from a basin. The whole thing cost $10, and claims to "self water" for 10 days.

To get the soil ( a coconut husk mixture) to expand, all you do is add warm water. Then I planted two seeds in each pot. They even provide a grid to keep track of what is planted where.

Two days later, I already have some babies!! I planted two varieties of okra, three varieties of tomato, cucumber, romaine lettuce, cilantro, basil, bell pepper and a few others.