starts
Every south facing window sill in this house is covered in seed starts. I’m fortunate to have my kitchen window, french doors and bedroom all facing south. Not an abundance of space to place the trays and containers but it works. After some reading about grow lights I’ve decided that my seeds need a more grown up start to their lives. Unfortunately, the cost of grow lights is not in my budget at the moment(child #2 is off to college in the fall!)so I’m doing an alternative method. This old house has a few ceiling lights with direct bulbs, meaning they face downwards so I figured I could buy compact fluorescent bulbs and set up make-shift grow lights. One is above a tall armoire in my bedroom so I get the heighth I need to have the seeds 2 in. from the light and the other is in the basement over a tall 5shelf rack. Not your usual "decor" but it’s only for a short time and my guy is very supportive of my "endeavors", crazy as they may seem to others. I’ve grown my garden from seeds for as long as I can remember but never gone this route before. As I continue to pursue a year-round garden I expect to slowly set up a greenhouse of sorts, at the very least I will have several growlights in the garage and/or basement.
