Trying This Blog Thing and Winter Container Gardening

Broccoli and Brussel Sprouts

I have to admit that I don't know what I'm doing as far as this blog thing goes but this is for my own sake so that's okay I guess.  I needed a place to keep track of our sustainable living endeavors so that we don't keep making the same mistakes over and over again.  Someday we're hoping to live in Montana and completely off the grid.  We're close now, not location-wise since we live in Washington, except for the fact that we have underground electricity. 

Anyway, this post is supposed to be about my attempt at winter container gardening.  Again, I don't really know what I'm doing but I figure I'll learn something in the process.  I like to learn from trial and error.  I should probably start doing more research before I try things but what fun would that be?

Ok, so the vegetables I'm attempting to grow in February...  I had broccoli and brussel sprout seeds leftover from last year.  My mom told me once that you're not supposed to use old seeds.  Apparently they don't always grow?  Nonetheless, I'm going to try it anyway since I love trial and error.  I mixed some of our rabbit poo and dirt together, shoved it in my starter containers, planted the seeds 1/4 of an inch below the soil surface, and stuck the containers under a grow light.  We'll see what happens!