Experimentation is half the fun of gardening and when you are as new of a gardener as I am this phase starts as early as seed starting. What is the best way to start seeds? I have no idea but I know three ways that I am trying right now and I bet one of them will win out. I have the classic soil based seed starter, rock wool, and the one I am rooting for the hardest is the old fashioned damp napkin in a sealed Tupperware container. I remember going to my grandparents and other for lack of better term old-timer’s homes in the spring and seeing seeds starting in a kitchen window on a damp paper towel.