The Mad Scientist Is "In"

The reason I say mad scientist is that my laundry room has turned into a frightening combination of laboratory and greenhouse. With a little vegetarian buffet thrown in. My 6 foot table is absolutely full of seed starting bins, newspaper cups, grow lights, pans, buckets of soil, spray bottles. There are tin chafing dishes from a recent party. Gladware baking pans missing lids. Christmas tins. Anything that will hold soil, water or a combination of the two are being employed in my endeavour to start seeds.

Yes, I started them a touch early. This is my first season of all-out, no holds barred seed starting and I anticipated trouble. Germination issues, especially. I counted on doing at least 2 rounds of planting because what were the chances that what I sowed would grow? Well, apparently I have just the right combination of heat, light, soil, and water because as of today, all but 4 yellow tomato seeds have come up. As a result, there are, oh, about 7000 basil seeds popping up LOL. That may be a BIT of an exaggeration, but not much. Apparently, the rule of thumb that I was following--- 'plant twice what you need'--- doesn't necessarily apply.

So my greenhouse lab isn't necessarily a beautiful one...it's dusty, messy with dirty clothes and storage, but by giminy, it can grow some seeds. Unfortunately, my camera is a little under the weather this week, so I don't have any beautiful pics to show you, maybe next week, but here's a drawing, now use your imagination.