My office plant light stand set-up...

The Earthly Gardener by Bobbi A. Chukran
February 20, 2007

Dear friends,

Since several of you are clamoring to see my seed starting set-up, I thought I’d take a quick photo this morning. It’s not a great photo, but you get the idea. It’s sitting on top of a custom cabinet my husband built for me in my office/studio. It’s great because it has a lot of drawer space underneath, and a little bar sink at the right end, so I have storage and access to water. The wall is painted a deep adobe behind it, so that’s why it’s so colorful!



I ordered my light stand from the National Gardening Association, but they were originally made by Hydrofarm.

As you can see, I used a hodge-podge of containers, but will replace them with uniform sizes…it makes it easier that way when the seedlings get taller.

I saw a little grape hyacinth blooming in the garden this morning….spring can’t be far away, now, can it???)

dig it!

bobbi c.
Copyright ©2007 bobbi a. chukran.

Signs of Spring!

The Earthly Gardener by Bobbi A. Chukran
March 1, 2007

Dear friends,

Somebody asked about the rosemary bush that was attracting all the bees. Here’s a photo of it, in my garden. It’s happy here in this Hill Country soil that is so much like the Mediterranean soil where rosemary is native. This bush is about 8 years old, and is only one of over a dozen I have in my garden area.



I also got a shot of the first bulb to bloom here, a grape hyacinth. It was planted four years ago, and comes up like clockwork every February/early March.



dig it!

bobbi c.
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