My son, Bryce, bought a wooden newspaper pot-maker (found in many of the gardening catalogs). The paper pots are really easy to make and, as a bonus, recycle newspapers. Bryce is a busy guy, so he uses TV time to make the pots.
Then he fills them with plant starter mix, and adds a seed or two. He has a huge collection of vegetable, herb, and flower seeds, so this is a good way to use them. His personal garden is fairly small--he still has young children that need a backyard to play in! In this last picture, the plant grouping to the right holds his experiments in rooting cuttings from his yard. He hopes to sell many of these vegetable, herb, and plant starts.
This is how I have started my tomatoes and peppers--as I saw on the Wintersown website. The seeds sprout when the temperature is just right for them. I don't have to have indoor grow-lights and they don't need pampering, misting, or anything else. Instead of shuffling seedlings under the grow lights to keep them from getting leggy, they will all automatically get the right amount of sun.
They are really tiny right now because they just sprouted, but they will grow fast and strong. They will already be acclimated to the weather and sun, so no "hardening off" before planting. This is an easy way to go!
