Joys of Indoor Gardening

This is a very interesting new hobby for me. The last few years I have just grown starters and tossed them into our garden. The wife and I noticed the growing season is just not long enough, and before we know it we are buying the same stuff we were growing from the grocery store again.
Once I built the stand for the seed germination and planted some seeds, my imagination went crazy with all the ideas on ways to grow these for indoor and outdoor use. I have also built a one lever light box that i should be able to have plants grow up to 6 feet in while still getting the light from the florescent lights that they need to grow and produce. Figuring out what lights to use was not hard, and learning that I can run these lights 12-14 hours a day for next to nothing is even better.

Recycling is one of our main things around our house. Along with recycling daily objects is a nifty thing, I cut a bottles that soda/pop came in and are using them as miniature greenhouses, and pots for the plants until it is time to transplant them into something larger.

Herbs and Carrots

(Beans)     Bottle Greenhouse 

Greenhouses with seedlings

Cilantro and Dill

Here is a list of seeds that i have just started:

Asparagus pole beans
Yellow cherry sweet pepper
Heritage rainbow mixed tomatoes
Worlds smallest tomatoes
Large bell peppers
Dragon carrots

Cilantro
Dill
Lavender
Basil
Chives