There is so much plastic in gardening.. Last week I celebrated my birthday and I got a lot of seeds YaY! Quite a few of them where in a 'box with soil and seeds, use once throw away' kind of thing.
I had a lot of fun today sowing all the little packages: the parsley, rocket slaw, coriander, chilies, basil, dill all in their own tub.. but I would never buy this myself: Just to much waste.
My parter will have a hip operation tomorrow. Because our plot is quite large, we discussed covering empty bits up with plastic, so it will not over grow with weeds, while I am tending to the rest. I am reluctant to buy it: because again it's plastic.. When we go grocery shopping, we buy package free as much as we can, but it is almost impossible. It feels a bit awkward to avoid little plastic bags and go out to buy 2 or 3 times 5x5 m to cover the garden..especially while we grow organic.
For sowing I normally use clay pots, but also in left overs from flowers for the baskets attached to the walls. They degenerate in about 2 years.
This year, for the first time I use the green house, so no pots needed
I think it is good to be conscious, recycle and, for example, see if we can buy garden soil together with other plot owners in stead of buying bags all on our own. The same goes for horse manure in stead of cows in plastic bags..