This was really easy to buy and set up, and not that expensive either. The shelves were about $14 each, two sets. The shop lights were $10 each, four lights. Then the bulbs, each light has one floresent and one daylight bulb. Bulbs total probably cost about $30. Add one pack of small screw in hooks and you have a growing station that can be set up all year round. Im lucky my FI indulges my love of gardening. He even helps sometimes. He set up the drip irrigation and he planted corn today while I was at work. Probably because he loves sweet corn, but Im super thankful for the help.

I've started to place my trays of seedlings outside, the weather has been beautiful the past couple of days, and they are starting to wilt.  Do they need more water, having spent all day in the sun/shade? help?

Sad news, I think the "worm" baked my seedlings. All the leaves have been bleached to a pale yellow, despite watering. I've started two more trays of bush beans, we might not get pole beans this year :(

Ok so i got the idea to use the empty space next to my compost pile for a chicken coop. I could cut a hole in the fence to the garden so the could be in there as their main run. The area for the coop is 3ft wide and 7ft long. If I build a coop with a run under it, and make the coop two levels, i would have 42sq ft of coop feet, not counting the run underneath. Would this be enough room for 3 or 4 chickens? Also how do you protectwooden floors of the coop? Shavings or straw maybe?

Ok, so the FI had the idea of getting rid of the raised beds and making the garden one big plot of tilled land. Thoughts? Another thought was to make it one big raised bed, boardered by 2x6. Wehave access to lots of horse manure and I was planning on topping all my beds with it this fall.