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We are so lucky here in Southeastern Pennsylvania that we live only about an hour from the Burpee Seeds headquarters.  Ok, well, I’m lucky because I adore perusing and picking out seeds, my dear husband could care less.  In fact he laughs at me and shakes his head when I get all excited in January when the new seed catalogs arrive in the mail. 

Of course, the joke’s on him, because my obsession has rubbed off on the kids…ha!

So the four of us (the three kids and I) headed out to the Burpee Outlet store the other day….it was wonderful.  Hundreds and hundreds of vegetable and flower seeds to choose from.  But I behaved. 

We only spent a little over and hour there, and I used some self control and only bought 6 different types of tomato seeds (I get ever more excited about tomatoes, and have been known to try 10 different varieties in a season.)  And we only spent $56 which included some flower seeds for Makenna (really, they weren’t all mine.)   And ok, ok, I will admit, I had already bought a few packs at Home Depot a week ago

It is a sickness….I admit it.

But seriously, if you live not too far from Warminster, PA and like planting a garden, the Burpee headquarters is worth a trip.  All the seeds you could imagine, and all at a discounted price!

 We started some zinnia seeds indoors today.  

Starting seeds has to be one of the neatest science lessons for kids.  Learning all about plants, and to keep it really green, recycling milk cartons too.

We cut our milk cartons in half and then Makenna poked holes in the bottom so our little seeds don’t get water logged.  Asking Jarod to jab holes in anything with a scissors seemed like a recipe for disaster.

Next we added our soil.  We happened to have potting soil around, but have used soil from the yard in the past.

We put in our seeds.

Covered them with a 1/4 inch of more soil and then watered them.

Then we put them in their own little ‘greenhouses’ (plastic food storage bags) to keep them moist. 

We recycled a milk carton and a plastic milk jug as our containers, but I prefer the cartons because the cardboard is sturdier than the plastic, and you can fit two containers of the cartons in one bag.