Starting seeds in the house… grow lights and heat mats.
We are literally a grow house… I have no green house, so the kitchen is the makeshift plant room. The lights and heat mats and cords and watering and misting is getting old.
One of these winters Paul will build a better system… when he has five spare minutes and nothing else is on fire.
These are going outside. It’s plenty warm this week… but no doubt planting them will bring back true spring temperatures.
Elvis works on her fierce tan and wishes we’d leave it set up all year round.
December 30, 2013 @ 4:33 pm
I have commented more than twice and I am sure I’m turning into a creepy stalker, but I had to say, I love Elvis. Elvis your cat, I mean. She is sleek and beautiful. I want a cat just like her, never mind that that I have two cats of my own. In a one bedroom apartment. I want a copycat of Elvis. And, now I do sound creepy.
January 26, 2014 @ 4:18 pm
Sierra, I am a few weeks behind you, but I am pretty sure I am crossing into creepy stalker territory too.
And this reminded me of my black cat that is perhaps too into sitting close to the living room lamp. I think she is starting to bleach out. If she turns blond, I am putting lower wattage bulbs in.
January 13, 2017 @ 11:30 am
I know this post is super old and may never be seen, but you might want to consider winter sowing, at least until you have a better spot. You can google it for lots of information, but basically you start seeds outdoors in mini-greenhouses made from things like clear plastic jugs and bottles. It works surprisingly well. Seeds don’t germinate as early as they do with a heat mat and lights, but they do get an earlier start than direct sowing and no mess to deal with inside the house!