See the photo above with all the foof under the drapes? For the past 5 years, we’ve started our seedlings at our living room window. As seedlings grew out of their starter containers, we would move them into progressively larger containers which eventually took over the kitchen, dining and living room (in our house, more or less the same space):

This year, we are doing something different, but just this year. We are buying most of our seedlings to plant this spring, and then start the summer and fall plantings outdoors. With grad school, cleaning out the basement and garage, painting the siding, redoing the front in native grasses, building a deck (palette-style)…but we still want to can and dry and put away food this year…so! Buying our seedlings. Wish us luck–it makes me a bit queasy. If your own seedlings don’t do well, well…you always have leggy spares in the house and what the hey, it only cost you 2.00 and a bit of your time. Suddenly, the window shelf is starting to look pretty good…