Becky, my grandson is an electrician- he stated plugging a serge cord into another serge cord is WRONG- DONT DO IT. You will be asking for a fire at sometime. I needed to share that with you. You are really working fast to get that room ready, great work!!! God bless you from grandma Katie in Oregon
Just FYI for anyone in a humid climate… don’t stash dirty/wet gloves in a drawer because they’ll mildew. I keep an open basket and toss my gloves in there. For gloves that can’t be washed, I ran a ribbon across the top of my door and use clothes pins to clip the gloves so they can dry out. I also hang any solo gloves until I can find their mate. Works great.
Becky, I forgot to tell you my family has loved all your recipes! My husband even said “ we’ve been eating really good food every day for the past week.“ 😂 All thanks to you Becky. I had an idea I’d thought I’d share… for your dirty gloves a plastic basket in the drawer might be helpful to contain the dirt and carry the gloves to the washer.🧺
We have loved a lot of Becky recipes too with little or no modifications. There was only one recipe that we really weren't fans of and that was the sweet and sour meatballs from like a year ago. But we LOVE the biscuits, season salt, smash chicken, and italian stuffed peppers with the bechamel!
I was thinking something similar for the dirty gloves. Maybe a dedicated small plastic waste can along the wall which allows any dirt to be easily dumped outside and the can rinsed outside as well.
Hi Becky, how you have a power strip plugged into a power strip can be a fire hazard. Highly recommend plugging the black strip directly into the wall. 😊
Becky!! Don't plug a power strip into another power strip!! Can cause a fire!! I know how much you love your new home. Make sure you find a new plug for that one cus we don't want anything to happen to you guys! I love your videos! I'm in my second year of gardening and first year of seed starting all thanks to you! Much love from zone 6a in Ohio!!!
Please, Please , Please recommend to your viewers to shop at the local nurseries & Farmers Markets as those are usually the growers and they have the knowledge that you need to help you with your plants. (Market Grower in Minnesota here)😊
Hello lovely Becky. If I may, as a recent graduate in horticulture studies I know and value the importance of a well organized workspace. I was thinking the whole way through and was glad that you asked at the end about your heating mats. Your work bench is ideal for potting/re potting and tray preparation. You would not want to reach for things over your heating trays and drop them on top of your seedlings. On this table you have access to all your supplies, your handy shelves and drawers at an arm's reach, etc. However, if you end up putting your heating mats on a table away from the walls, make sure to cover your wires for the mats with tape or another piece of carpet. Seems like the center of your room would get more natural sunlight than your work bench too. Anywho...you've sooo got this! Looking forward to living vicariously through you from my 7th floor apartment. I do have a lushiously overflowing balcony of plants but still..lol. xo
So true and for tomatoes, cucumber and other cucurbitaceaes she really could use a shelf in front of the window with no light. The are fast growers and do not need to be presown that early. Of course I don´t know if she presow those, I have to, living near the artic circle having to start my chili in Dec/Jan to get a sturdy plant and good harvest before the first frost.
Becky I'm in the UK the rule here you never plug an extension into an extension its a fire hazard I know USA electrical is are different from the uk but you might be better buying another timer better safe than sorry xx
Unfortunately, it’s a fire hazard here in the US as well. Hopefully she will see all the comments about it or Josh will know and they can purchase another timer. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 It would be well worth the tiny cost for their physical safety as well as the safety of their home.
Of course we’re all interested in your seed haul. Also, Josh could build you a simple table made from 2X4’s to drop your soil tote into. Put it next to the table in the center of the room and you’d have the perfect set up.
Love seeing your set up… your truly living my dream!!! Your new property is almost exactly what kind of home I’d love to have (but can’t afford). The big bungalow, the room for a giant pantry, grow room, giant custom designed garden, orchard, chickens, huge kitchen space, etc etc…. Such a beautiful homestead set up!! I am watching you get things set up and growing with excitement for you… praying for your success!! ❤❤❤
Oh and those chickens crack me up… seeing you needing to shoo them out from under your feed made me chuckle 😂 they are like the cats of the bird world, seriously!!!
Same! To have it close enough to check daily or even multiple times a day with or without kids (especially as baby gets more mobile) but also not in the way of your living space. With the freeze dryer and other things in there too, you could kill two bird with one stone. My grow shelves are in my basement next to my laundry and workbench and cat bowls/box so it's super convenient
For sure! I would love that space, paint the walls white to help to reflect the light. Also, it’s expensive to heat a greenhouse unless you have a small greenhouse in the greenhouse.
My name is Becky too. I have been watching your channel since you announced you were pregnant. This year I am going to do a garden again because you inspire me. Thank you for being down to earth.
Becky, if you put wheels on your shelves, you can just roll the whole shelf outside and not have to do tray by tray. I did this for the first time last year and I loved it.
You are a inspiration Becky.... Today I did a load of projects in my home. I used to do my chores and projects, office works before I had health issues... Now a days I had to count n do my works at home, left my job. But little by little my taking baby steps...
The more you uncover the more apparent it is that this new home fits you, Josh and your aspirations to a tee. The hard work and organizational skills are inspiring. Thank you for sharing!
I would not use the second drawer for dirty gloves, I would just keep the basket not far, put dirty gloves in there and it will be easy to carry back and forth to the washer and back to the potting center
How wonderful to be able to set up an entire room dedicated to growing and seed starting! My seed starting station is two grow racks in a corner of my basement, but it does the trick for us.😀 I hope everyone has a wonderful day!😀 -Cara
Oh boy Becky you remind me how I was 30 yrs ago... you must have a good baby because I couldn't do anything when my girls were babies! Have a wonderful day! Christine 🇨🇦
Becky, I keep my heat mats on my grow shelves, so my peppers and tomatoes benefit from a consistent heat source. I live in the grow zone 9b in the Texas Gulf Coast area. I start seeds when it is about 50 degrees outside, so my mats stay at 78 degrees inside my cool garage. Works like a charm! Good luck growing, friend!
What a massive cleaning job! Looks fantastic, and I agree with those who suggested leaving it as a permanent grow room - you’ll appreciate it in the dead of winter!. Also as others have said, never plug one powerboard into another. Suggest you get an electrician to install some extra power points as they’ll first make sure the system can safely the additional points won’t overload the system.
I'd keep your seeds stored in the basement, as you had them before. Cool and dark. Waaaaay too much natural sunshine, clear storage boxes, and I'm assuming the room isn't air conditioned. It'll probably get pretty warm in the summer 😬 But I'm totally jealous of your seed starting room! I have two of those racks currently full in my living room. You'll definitely want a third, or even a fourth! 🌱🌱🌱
FYI, Home Depot has a medium mixing tub in their concrete section which is a more comfortable height to use as a potting tub rather than the tall tub you have . The tubs are just $7.78 each and very heavy duty. I suggest getting two. They stack easily. Yes to the extra table, especially to start. If you plug your heat mats in to warm, they flatten easily. I roll mine when not in use, and they flatten very quickly when warmed up.
Hey Becky! That is going to be a great grow space. Just an idea…Why not put your heat mats on the shelves and use the counter space to fill and seed the trays.
I also follow the MIgardner. We are both in Michigan and I have learned so much from him. I have learned a great deal from you as well. Thank you for sharing with us.
Having a folding table (and chair) that you can use when needed and then store away after would be a huge help for you. Also loved the chickens coming to visit with you in the seed starting room - too cute!
Those plug-ins concern me a bit for safety, so I'm just going to say: The surge protectors almost always have a hole in the back for a screw mount. You could put them on the wall, even vertically, and then plug the lights into them there. I think there is at least a slight to good chance of soil and/or water getting into the plugs if they lay on the shelves. Once the seeds are up, the temperature is even better a bit cool because otherwise the plants are going to try to grow aggressively which may not be best for the outside world they are going to be placed in to.
I would recommend adding the industrial sized casters to your wire shelving. Makes it much easier to relocate, move to clean up spills, even when fully loaded etc.
last year was pretty disheartening for a lot of North Texas growers I know. Very little of my plants produced, the heat was too much, we had storms and winds rip up plants, and then winter hit early and devastated the last of it. One vlogger quit entirely, another left their community garden management position and is taking a year off - who knows if they'll come back. 😥 I initially found you by searching for 'vegetable gardening 8b' because I thought if I could find someone gardening in a similar area/climate I'd have an easier time following along and planting. Regardless, all of your canning and food prepping has been incredibly helpful!! and your positivity continues to lift me up and keep trying! :)
Inexpensive grow lights: LED shop light, 5000 lumen, day light. Bought at Walmart $20 each. Work great. Have been using for yrs. I do have 1 regular grow light. No difference in growth so decided not to purchase any more for seed starting. I do use for my other plants though around the house and in sunroom. Love your videos Becky. Want to bottle your energy. Lovely family.😊
Becky, if you read these, please make sure your bags are far enough away from your water heater. 😬 you have probably moved them by now but just in case.
HONEY, REMEMBER TO MOVE YOUR FIRE EXTINGUISHER FROM ON TOP OF THE WATER HEATER. THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER IS UNDER PRESSURE AND COULD EXPLODE. PUT WAX ON THE BOTTOM OF THE DRAWERS TO HELP PULL THEM OUT MORE SMOOTHER.
I highly recommend a rolling cart with a flat top for your work station it will make life so much easier to transfer from your table to shelves and back and forth. Just get one with locking castors/wheels. I also recommend that so you can easily move the table around the room or house or property as needed. It can also be used to assist when you are doing preserving projects. You can even find some or make one that has adjustable height for more comfort.
bring in one of your foldable tables and a chair to the grow room this year. If you use it a bunch and it's worth the money, get a dedicated one that's the right height for a workstation next year.
Thank you for the MI Gardner code. I placed my 1st order for this year. We are in SE Arizona and having unseasonably cold weather this year, typically our last frost date is the end of May. So excited to get planting!
Top: put matching gloves together with a squeezable paper clip or clothes pin. This way you are not searching for its mate. Also label your drawers, doors and shelves) so other now where things are or go. you may also consider putting solid tubber mats down in your area for easier clean up since you have carpeting down. When taking up your carpet in the future you will have to scrape the glue off the floor.
I LOVE flower hill farm! Not just Nicole but her entire family. I highly recommend her channel. Becky you did an amazing job prepping this space. I love it when an influencer (especially one that has so many more views than another one) talks kindly about another influencer! I’m fascinated by the business of RU-vid. I don’t understand why Nicole doesn’t get more views! I can see Becky reaching a million by the end of this year! Amazing!
My grandparents had similar gardening issues. They kept a daily calendar with every weather details they could including when shade would arrive and leave different areas of the garden year round. Then they would compare their calendars with official farming almanacs. It took them over five years of record keeping to develop a reliable growing and weather pattern for their area. They still used official almanacs even after they established their own weather history for their garden. They had a beautiful and bountiful garden and orchard. Hope this detail is helpful.
I found a power strip with one set of plugs on or off and the other set of plugs could be individually programmed to turn off and on or done manually. It was a game changer for my seed starting this year! I start in the garage and we moved my shelving from an exterior wall to an interior wall and I think that was key also. I hang my lights from chains that I can raise and lower as the plants grow and that really helps with legginess and with checking (sometimes hourly) on the seedling progress. This year we also used a soil blocker and it made it fantastic for up-potting. I recommend watching some videos on it. As always, I am so impressed with how much you get done!!
You did a great job of cleaning up I would have loved that space be Happy you have a lot to be grateful for. And so many of us are so Happy for you Josh and Baby Acer. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️💙💚🥰🤗
Hi Becky! Bringing in another table is a better idea, although I think you should put the heat mats on the new table and use the big black one for potting etc., because it has drawers, you can put the potting tools in the drawers, and put them away. Lovely use of the space! 😍 (And if you don't need the wood shelf on the left side-between the growlight shelf and the lamp less shelf, you should put it somewhere else, and the metal shelf beside the lamp one, so it has more light. Just a suggestion. 😉)
Nice that you have that extra room to use as a grow room. Our seedlings are on my kitchen counter and our breakfast nook area. This weekend we have our grandson's first soccer game then to have lunch with our Son in law & family to discuss and assist in our daughter's business they started in September. I just ordered 10 more chickens that way I don't have to chase the stores to see if they would receive the breed we wanted. After the lunch we will come back and put together our greenhouse and transplant some seedlings. in our breakfast nook I have two extra tables set up for my plantings. I will be happy when we can move these out to our green house then to the raised beds. Only a couple weeks away. I probably should not have started so early. But our weather was so warm. Can't wait to see how your garden develops this year.
Becky, have you heard about the 1950's housewife cleaning list? I'm trying it out to keep me on a schedule of keeping up with cleaning. I would love to see a video of you trying it out for a week or 2 and see if you like it!
I bought the photo organizers for seeds too! I actually made labels for the side that faces up when they are all in the box....on the left side of the latch, I put the date(ish) the seeds need to be started indoors, and on the right of the latch, the date to transplant them outside. If the seeds get started directly in the ground, I only put a date on the right. (All dates are based on the "before last frost" for my area, going by what the packet said for each type of seed.) Then I sorted seeds based on how long "before last frost" into each box and VIOLA...the most organized I've ever been with starting seeds, thanks to YOU!
In case Canadian viewers are interested and are not already aware, plant hardiness zones in Canada are measured differently than those in the US. The comparison differs over the range of the 0-9a numbering system, but a loose comparison is that Canadian zones are one digit higher - ie, a place that is zone 4b using the US system is closer to a zone 5b using the Canadian system. The Canadian system includes information relating to the average of the daily minimum temperatures for the coldest month and maximum temp for warmest month of the year, # of days without frost, rainfall, maximum snow depth, maximum wind gust, etc.
Great video!! I have oregano and thyme and lavendar that have naturalized here in BC Canada. We are in the Northern Okanagon Shuswap area. It does get -30°C every year but they come back each Spring as well as all of my chives! I started broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, shallots, scallions, leeks, and red onions under grow lights and on heat mats , February 08th. I dug up my beautiful peppers and brought them into the back of my livingroom to over winter. This spring the flower garden and squash garden and completion of the front garden will be done. I just need for the snow to leave. Oh, all my seedlings are started in worm castings with perlite mixed in.
Also yes, you should perhaps check in with Josh about those extension cords. It seems like a little much for one outlet. But I don't know how much power and all that stuff is, so you should double check. Just to be on the safe side. :)
Has someone already told you not to plug one surge protector into another surge protector? (Power strips) use that other outlet right there in the built in.
Hi Becky watching your gardening videos is great as I can't garden anymore because of disability issues. So watching you gives me good vibes and fun. I started working with my grandma Kiser in her garden on the coast and her fertilizer was fish scrapes and compost. She had the richest soil it was so black and had a great feel to it. I learned by weeding with her. She had the greenest of green thumbs. I'm glad I found your channel just watching in the garden gives me a calm feeling. Thank you for starting this channel.🌱🌱🌻🌞🌦
@j. mc my great Aunt always had a garden in the same space. Every year she added amendments to her soil, things like compost, worms and manure. Also some minnows from the lakes and rivers. She always turned her soil every year. She always grew beautiful and tasty produce and berries. I hope this helps. Happy gardening, Debbie
My brother in law has started his seeds and is planning a big garden. I ordered your ball canning book for the rewards of his labor. He is planting a huge in ground garden and raised beds all over using old pallets for that. So excited about your garden and ours
Wow...looks amazing...I love the set up ✨ I got my station partly setup...gotta finish by the weekend but things are growing...zone 4b/5...Minnesota we're getting hit with 20 inches of snow this week so seeing these seeds sprouting and all this green growth and life in the middle of these white blankets of cold have been slowly melting away my winter blues 💙... cannot wait for SPRING 🌱🫶🏽
When you first heat the mats with seed trays on them them will flatten out perfectly. If you like cucumbers, you should try Katrina cucumbers for Johnny's. They are sooo prolific, don't need pollinators, you can use them small to pickle or grow large for slicers and freeze dry great for snacks or dipping. A little pricey for seeds, but well worth it.
Oh my god, what a HUGE accomplishment! You transformed that room and now you've got everything you need all in one place. That's going to be such an awesome space to get your new garden started in. Super exciting, way to go!!!
You maybe should put the heat mats on the shelves and use your counter for starting seeds. I mean the lights are on the shelves right and the starts need to be under the lights and on the mats.
Put your heat mats on the metal racks. The starts need heat and light both. You only need heat mats for your tomatoes and peppers. Brassicas don't need the heat mats
