Happy Friday you guys. I hope you enjoy these bonus Friday episodes we're going to be bringing to you the next several weeks with the goal of helping you with your garden planning in the early part of your garden planting.

Today we're going to be talking about starting seeds indoors, particularly for either the beginner, as in you have never gardened before

and you're thinking about starting seeds indoors, or maybe you have gardened before, but this is

your first time to start seeds indoors, or maybe you've tried starting seeds indoors, and

it just hasn't worked out very well. If you can relate to any of that

or if you could have related to any of that in the past, I know I can raise my hand there,

then you're going to want to listen to all of this episode because I'm going to be talking to you

about five things you must know before starting seeds indoors. These are the things that

I see year after year after year when it comes to gardeners wanting to start seeds indoors.

And it's very common, especially in January. Right now, we are kind of tired of winter already.

At least I know I am come January, and we're wanting to do

something that gives us the hope of spring indoor seed starting definitely fits the bill,

but before you get started, I want to make sure that you are able to do it as successfully as

possible. And so that's why these five things I I think, are well worth your consideration.

So let's get started on what you need to know before starting seeds indoors.

Welcome, I'm Jill and 10 years ago I started my first garden as a new stay-at-home mom looking to cut grocery costs and grow my own food.

Over the years, with many failures and successes,

I stumbled my way into becoming a gardener. And six years ago, I started this podcast to help

others grow their own food as well. By tuning in each Tuesday, I hope that you leave inspired

and with practical tips and that gardening will change your life as it did mine. Number one may shock you

and I am mostly talking to the brand new garden here. The first thing that you need to know

before starting seeds indoors is it's not necessary. Now I know that seems shocking because number one, I start all of my seeds indoors that I don't

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