On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:32:06 -0500, Penelope Periwinkle
wrote:

On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 12:28:17 -0500, The Cook
wrote:

I just finished planting seeds for Goliath and DeCicci broccoli,
Copenhagen Market and Krautman cabbage, Bright Lights chard and
Broccoli Rabe. They are all in the greenhouse. Some of the tomatoes
in there are almost ready to start turning red. Next year I will
start them earlier.

Ack...I hate you for having a greenhouse when I don't!

*pout*

*heavy sigh*

Until we moved here I did not have room for one. There was a house
that we passed frequently that had a nice one. I turned green every
time we went by.


Well, anyway, I've got a variety of lettuces started, and my early
tomatoes, as well as a few flowers. I had to retire my faithful old
seed starting rack, the one my father built me this year. Two new
kitties joined the household last fall, and the gleeful leaping from
shelf to shelf in hot pursuit of each other was a little more than it
was built to withstand.

I should start some lettuces too. They will be ready to go into the
boxes soon. Maybe I can stick some between the onions and shallots in
the boxes. I do have some row cover in case of a late frost.

I bought a large metro shelving unit from Lowe's, one of the ones that
looks like stainless steel but isn't, and has wire shelves. It's 74
inches high, 48 long, and 18 inches deep. I put it on wheels, too.
Shop lights hang neatly from the shelf above.

I'm still wrangling with ideas for what to put under the seed trays.
For now I cut up the box the shelving unit came in, but I want
something more durable and less flammable. I've been thinking about
some of the foil or radiant insulation. It comes in rolls so I can
easily cut it to the right size, and I can get some that has a fire
safety rating.

Get some trays or make something tray-like to keep the water from
running onto the floor.

I wonder if there's some that has a frisky kitty rating? They're
"helping" me scrape the ceiling in the living room right now. I lay a
drop cloth over the carpet where I'm working, and one gets under it
and one gets on top, and they wrestle through the cloth. Heh, so much
for easy clean up!

About the only thing I can think of to contain frisky kitties is
concrete. And I wouldn't bet the farm on that.

--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974