Haha, this is PERFECT! :) I've been suffering from this malady this past week!

OMG - this thread had me rolling on the floor laughing -
Good one, seedmama!

Carrie :0) :0) :0)

BLESS YOU Seedmama!

My jugs are solid chunks of frozen soil, my basement is a mess, and my friends have become quite skittish when I poke through their trash.

But I'm keeping the faith!

Kris (also crossing her fingers) ;-)

I'm no longer jittery about sprouts, but I am a little worried about the ones out in the garden already.

{{gwi:363816}}

Going down to 14 tonight. I hope the snow sticks around to protect them.

Great post!

you described me when you said "Lastly, you fear you did it all wrong. Maybe so, maybe not."

I do fear I did something wrong. I keep sowing more seeds as I find more containers though, hoping I did some of them right!

Karen

You mean I have to go through this every year?!?!?! I thought it was just because I was new and don't have a clue what I'm doing! :-P

token,
i saw ur plant out pics earlier. i hope all seedlings will survive this wintersowing test.

"You mean I have to go through this every year?!?!?!"\

Well, no. We don't want to throw the blood pressure pharmaceutical companies into excess production capacity. I'm actually hoping for delayed germination so plant out will fit better into my personal schedule. Would you believe I only check for sprouts every 3 or 4 days? I'm feeling fine. Really, there's nothing wrong. No fever, no chills. Just a packed schedule and the confidence that comes with historical success.

Yeppers- Year 4, and although I *know* it'll work, for some reason I'm second guessing myself as usual.
-Did I push the envelope too far on some?
-I learned something new this year...sowed differently...will it still work?
-I've become brain dead this year, and don't know what to do in MARCH!!
-I peered into containers this weekend; they're dry-looking, and frozen...the moisture won't even absorb!
-There's still a million seeds in this bag...I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!!!! said the Rabbit!

Yeah, I got it.

i am so nervous about meeting one friend. last year i told her, i have started a new hobby - gardening and showed her my backyard. she laughed so hard saying this is what u call gardening, nursery bought marrigolds !!!

i had only those :(

i wish everything works fine with wintersowing. i can't face her without new plants this year.

Oh yeah, those jitters! Get 'em every year ... got 'em now.

seedmama - your post hit it right on! LOL!

PV

daiasy08,

Doesn't sound like much of a friend to me! You were smart to start with a plant that wasn't too demanding your first year. I like marigolds! And I have no patience for the people who think only difficult, temperamental plants are worthwhile. You just grow what you like, and what pleases you. You weren't making the garden for her anyway!

Uh, Kris, is there a Trashpickers' Anonymous group in your area? ;-O

This is my first year WS ing. I thought I had done everything right this week (only time will tell), then, OF COURSE, Mother Nature dumped 7 inches of snow on us and completely covered all my nice planted jugs.

Is there a sub group to this thread: "Annual Pre-germination Covered in Snow and Worried about Frozen Seeds Jitters"??

Marcy

p.s. I'm not even going to mention that I still have LOTS of seeds to plant yet...

Hi Seedmomma,

My first time WS'ing was like the first time I took acid.
I didn't feel a thing (the acid, not the WS) and I was SURE that all the people standing around to see how I liked it were just waiting for me to pretend I was "tripping", and then they would say, Haha, no such thing. It was one big conspiracy I was sure.
Ultimately I did discover what they were talking about.

Now back to the WS'ing. As you said, I was starting to think maybe nothing was going to happen. But why would all these people create this elaborate hoax?
While I struggled with that question my first seedling emerged. Ahh, trust is rewarded.

At least it takes the edge off the "stock market and economy jitters" .

Ah, Tosser, tosser, tosser - if only it were true. What a 'helpful' meeting that would be - exchanging good pick-over sites, pitfalls to avoid, schedules of when the guards break for lunch....! ;-)

Kris (way past denial and well into manic acceptance...)

Oh God! I have rationalized my fear very well, thank you very much! I went out to my cold frame and dumped (accidentally) a jug of water on top of my Columbine container. I had 6 nice neat rows of various kinds. I'm afraid I either washed away the seeds... or mixed them all up. Not too smart on a couple of accounts. I won't plant different types of the same thing in one container and I won't top water a container like that one again! The soil was way too high in the container, and I won't do that again... how many years does it take to get rid of the jitters? How many years does it take to stop making stupid mistakes?
Oh Noooo.... I killed it.

I love this ,
I have gone through,and am still going through,every single thing you mentioned seedmama,i have close to 200 containers,and am beggining to thnk i have lost my mind,happy to see i am not alone.

Daisy,I am so mad at your "friend",what a creuel thing for her to say to you.
Just wait til she sees what you have done this year,better yet,she does not deserve to set her eyes on all the garden beauty you will be having.Let her stay home,post pictures for all of us to see,we will hold your hand and do the happy dance with you.
She needs an attitude adjustment.
cAROL

Oh I am so glad to see all of you so nervous. I am going out of my skin worrying about my poor little seeds in their milk jugs under the snow. I had them all taped and then it was warm so I pulled off the tape and just put the milk tops back on...hope I didn't kill them all. Also I am so happy you pick over recycleables for containers. I was leaning over a neighbors bin and my husband had a fit.
Still time to get more jugs. Oh I have an idea for when I sow the seeds directly into the garden I cut the milk jugs into 3 sections and the middle ring I will put in the ground and plant the seeds inside it. That way I will remmeber where they are. Think it will work?

this summer i will have a garden full of flowers for sure and will invite my "friend" for tea. only if everything can survive my two weeks of holidays in april. Another jitter, but no probs. i have saved loads of seeds from the marigolds i had last year and i love marigolds.

i was supposed to leave this house by june, but now that plan is postponed. i would be able to see my little garden in flowers. i am so happy. i have all the containers planted just outside the kitchen and i see them through window even when i wakeup in middle of night to drink water.

No jitters. It works. It works really well. I am concerned about how much yard cleanup I have to do. I also plan to spring and summer sow. Excited for that and the instant gratification.

All: This is really a follow-up to this thread and my earlier thread about "Lessons Learned." We really are all the same in terms of freaking out about stuff, especially we newbies. Big epiphany for me: I need to calm down about the WSing stuff and just let it flow. I fret about everything and sometimes I lose the joy and spirit that this whole gardening project is supposed to be about.

This is a hobby, maybe a passion, and a focus for us in winter. For most, it's not a means of maintaining our lifestyle, but an expression of what we love. If it works, it works; if it fails, it fails. It's the learning that counts.

Prof

...yeah, but you gotta admit that it's just SOOO disappointing when something doesn't go right, and it's SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO exciting when it does!!!

It's like a geek scientist...you hear a collective wave of: "IT'S ALIVE!!!" every spring as sprouts show up from South to North...

I get this same kind of excitement when the hummers show up in May. It's an exciting thing, this gardening business...