Transplanting Vent!

[MQAAord]

Okay, so I finally have time now do things [i:74667df068]I[/i:74667df068] want to do!! Like perusing my chat boards, cleaning the house, making baby food..........because we're finally done with all the damn baby plant transplanting we had to do! Every year we grow from seed the flowers/plants that we need for the yard, it saves a lot of money vs. buying flats of plants from a nursery. However, it is a [i:74667df068]hell[/i:74667df068]of a lot of work! We plant the seeds in seed flats, because often the seed is too small, and you can't pick out & plant individual seeds, so then when the baby plants get bigger you have to separate & individually transplant them to peat pots and put them in trays. Last night we were up til 12:30, but we FINALLY finished!!!! We have a grand total of 55 trays of plants. Ugh. Bill totally went overboard with the seeds this year, there's no way we can possible use this many plants. I haven't had a chance to take a picture of our basement yet, but I'll post a picture later.

Anyway, I'm just SO happy to finally be done with the transplanting!!!!!!

[MQAAord]

alright, here's a picture of our basement plant nursery:

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The lighting is bad, but I think you can get the idea. Ugh, too much work!

[Barbara]

They're all legal plants, right? I'm just kidding. Do the lights add significantly to your electric bill? Sounds like a lot of work, but I bet you have a gorgeous yard! Post a picture of your yard, later this spring. And of the baby, too!!

[Barbara]

Silly me, of course you put baby pictures up! I was admiring how cute he is! Never mind me, I'm not losing brain cells...

[MQAAord]

[quote="Barbara"]They're all legal plants, right?
quote]

Ha! We're are SO waiting for a cop to come banging on the door saying "what have you got growing down there!!!!!". There's a widow that looks right in at that plant rack, and if someone were to go look in the window, they could see everything.

The lights do add to our power bill, but the time of year when we use them (March - mid-May) there's not much else drawing power, we don't need the furnace or air conditioner so we really don't notice the power usage.

We figured it out last year, and figuring the commercial price for flowers per flat at $16.00, we grew $750.00 worth of plants for $300 in supplies & power.

[roz]

So now we'll have to get you to start a business selling US the dried herbs!

[Kristie]

I'm down with that!! I could use some "fresh" dry herbs!! haha

that basement garden looks fabulous!! I bet your yard is going to look awesome!!! but it's hard to believe it takes that much WORK! don't you just have to plant and water them and that's it? or do you have to contantly fertilize as well?

I bet the basement is pretty good with humidity huh?!

[MQAAord]

I'll definently post some pics of the yard once we get the flowers planted. We don't dare put anything in the ground before the last week of May, as we can still get a hard frost before then, and I won't take the chance of killing everything we work so hard on! Also the roses should be blooming by then too, so it really makes a pretty picture! All the landscaping/yard design was done by my FIL, we bought the house my dh grew up in when his parents decided to retire and move to IND. He really did an outstanding job, and I give all the credit for how our lawn & gardens look to him and to Bill for maintaining them so well. I have the easy part, I just get to sit back and enjoy them!