The Living Room Nursery

I have plants in various stages of growth in the living room....my indoor nursery.   But I an now finished starting everything that I start seeds indoors for.  Now as everything  grows and needs transplanting, I will put them in other flats and put them in the greenhouse to grow bigger, and also to harden off.  There are 19 trays of plants here in the living room.  Retail-wise, there are probably a couple hundred  dollars worth of plants here, but I started things from about $20 worth of seed.   Some plants were started from seed saved last year, so the cost was zero.  Starting your own plants is definitely the thrifty way to do things!
     Here's what everything looks like as of today:

The older plants are on this side of the table, and newly planted trays are on the top board.   When the seeds sprout, I will take off the plastic dome covers.

Another view.  I planted some seeds in peat pots for things like watermelon, as they do not like being transferred.   With peat pots you plant the whole thing in the ground. Up here in the north, watermelon must be started early indoors in order to have fruit matured before frost!

The green peppers are doing great!   This is a variety called King Arthur, a very large pepper variety.

This year I have 5 different varieties of tomatoes to grow.   They, too, are growing nicely, and have been transplanted twice already.  They are 10 inches tall right now!  Some of them will be planted in the greenhouse in a few weeks, and others will go in the regular outside garden.

There are 4 flats of petunias I need to transplant and thin out - mixed varieties, and also colors of red, white, blue, and purple wave.  Plenty to give away and plenty to plant in all of my various planters!

Here's what it looks like with the grow lights on in the evening!

Here's a photo that's a bit off the topic, but I had a nice surprise visit from a small herd of deer today!  They were munching away at new grass in the yard.  The deer are such beautiful and gentle animals, and so graceful.   Cute, too!  Well, that is............they are "cute" until they start eating my gardens  up!!  Then I get mad at them and put up an electric fence to zap their 'cute' butts!  I love the deer, but not in my veggie gardens!!

Five young deer came to the yard to eat tender fresh grass today.  This was taken from the front porch.  They didn't even budge when I walked out onto the porch and snapped the photo.  When I finally started talking to them, then they ran off.