Starting Seeds

By Mary Jo Baur

It's too early to start seeds for next spring yet, but I just read a great idea that I wanted to pass along for you to use next February or March when you're thinking about sowing seeds of annuals, perennials or vegetables inside.  You can use old K-cups as pots to start your seeds in.  They already have a hole pucned in the bottom by the Keurig machine.  Simply pull off the top, empty the coffee grounds and give it a quick rinse.  Fill with a potting mix made specifically for starting seeds, poke a hole with a pencil, then put in a few seeds of whatever you want to start.  Place the K-cups in a 9" by 13" baking dish, then pour about half an inch of water in the bottom of the baking dish.  When you water from below, there is less chance of the seedlings damping off.  When the seeds sprout, pull out the less hardy seedling and let only one grow in the container.  When the second set of leaves develop, you need to transplant it to a larger pot until it's warm enough to plant the seedling outside.  Using old K-cups is such a neat idea!  Why didn't I think of that???