Do I want to grow food? Definitely.

Do I want to avoid plastic? Absolutely.

Okay, I’ll admit that I’m a bit late in the gardening season to start growing seeds.  No matter, every day counts so I’m going to plant them anyway.  It’s not crucial to start seeds indoors but I think the herbs will benefit by taking advantage of my predictable indoor “weather”.

I trekked all over my house looking for containers.  I have plenty of glass jars but the lack of drainage holes would result in a disastrous mini-bog.  So, glass is not an option unless a diamond drill happens to fall into my possession.  I wondered if I should buy cardboard or ceramic containers.  Then I remembered they would likely be packaged in plastic or discouragingly expensive.

SOLUTION: I’ve got the perfect container!  Look at my beautiful cardboard egg carton!

I poked a small hole into the bottom of each segment for drainage.  Then I placed the egg carton on a glass tray which would catch the water.