Lights are installed! Zip ties came with the lights. I used 6 of the 8 2′ long strips I bought, which will be one per flat. Connected them all together and installed the timer that I’ll control on my phone. The top shelf will be two flats of basil because I couldn’t fit enough shelves on for the six flats and I didn’t want to have anything on the floor of the tub. It’s fine. The curtain still closes without touching anything. (Yay curved shower curtain rod!)
I got 5 bags of Espoma seed starting mix from Esbenshade’s Garden Center near Lancaster, PA. They had the best pricing, even with shipping. Arrived quickly. Looks like they have really good online reviews, too. At the volume I’ll need, I could have made my own, I suppose, but this will just be easier and cleaner. The flats of trays came from True Leaf Market. Pretty cool.
Just waiting for the solid drip trays to arrive today. Then I can get going! My goal is to have everything ready to go by Jan 17, but I’ll be at least a week earlier than that. Not sure if having an extra week is a good thing or not! Class is on April 3. Gotta think this through.
Seeds from Baker Creek. I’ll have one tray each of parlsey, dill, cilantro, basil, and purple basil. I started a few 3 year old packets about three weeks ago as something I could coo over while I waited for all of my supplies to arrive, and had a pretty good showing from the purple but meh from the Genovese. I’ll replant them into larger containers soon. But fresher seeds for this year should have better germination.
Here’s a little IG reel thingie. I’m not great a this, please bear with me!
Roof Garden Gal 
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