Winter of 2014 - gardening

[hendi_alex]

My seed starting setup is very rudimentary compared to all of the very professional looking arrangements that many show on my gardening forum. However, I'm not usually at a disadvantage, because the plants go out in the sunshine on most days during a typical February and March, with many outside days even during January. This year has been a beast however, and you will will notice how my plant's footprint has outgrown its supply of light. Nice thing is that in just a day or two, they will be back outside in the direct light with temperatures in the mid 60's. Still, I'm ready to move the whole setup outside into the unheated cold frame. Looks like the weather will prevent that however, at least for another few weeks. This is the second snow storm in the past couple of weeks. Very uncharacteristic of our recent winters!

First, here is how our usual 50's and 60's sunny day is looking today.



And here is our very amateurish setup. Not a problem early on when all of the plants are growing in just a few community pots. Now each plant has been lifted into an individual pot and the space has increased perhaps 4X. Perhaps will construct a growing shelf with big florescent lights, but probably not as the need is generally so limited.