This is a good time to try using a plastic milk jug as a tiny greenhouse, giving the seeds protection to start germinating ...

choosing a half gallon jug may be enough. Meanwhile, for larger statement houseplants, a gallon size milk jug might make more sense. Clean out your chosen jug with soap and water. Rinse thoroughly ...

Then, in the summer, we have many months of no rain, the aquifer under us drying out, and we must irrigate from the municipal water that we have to pay for; and there it is falling from the sky, clean ...