Getting small stuff done.

55 at noon, at least its pretty out. Later on yesterday i did get to trimming that Silky Dogwood....

BEFORE:

AFTER:

lol

This morning i had to put together the light shelf for the Hen & Chicks seedlings.  I have all the stuff handy, it just takes gathering it all. My oldest daughter stayed home from school today because she isn't feeling well, so she was able to watch her sister for me.

And this is what i put together:

Just two cheap snap-together shelves that i have had for a long time and 4 cup hooks...two standard shop lights and bulbs.

I used my old woodburning tool to melt holes in the sides of the shelf for the cup hooks to go through.

Then underneath, i used some putty epoxy to attach the screws of the hooks securely to the shelf

The seedlings are so tiny...  its just to the left of the toothpick

two more in between...

Outside pictures:

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Freeze

Its cold out there now. The remote thermometer in the smaller greenhouse says it got down to 33F in there last night.  It has warmed up to 37F now at 7am.  I had some squash sprouted and tomatoes, so i hope things are ok in there.

We are being warned of a hard freeze tonight, so i might pull out a few old blankets and put some hot water in 2 liter bottles and place those in the greenhouses around 10 pm just to keep things above freezing.

The Hen & Chicks seeds i planted are already sprouting. I am going to have to bang together a light shelf for them today. I wasn't expecting them to sprout in 5 days!  The cold weather we are having makes setting them outside a non-option.

I have some other stuff that will need to be sown under lights anyway.