LOOKIT!

Lookit!  My little seeds have germinated already!  

And I only planted them two days ago.  That was fast!

The YouTube channel I've been watching, Next Level Gardening, says once the seeds have germinated, you don't need the heat mat any more, but I think I'm going to give it 24 more hours just to make sure.  I'll turn it off tomorrow evening.  It also says you don't need the humidity dome, so I'll have to figure out how to hang my grow lights, since they snap into the top of the cover.  

The guy says the grow lights should be as close to the plants as possible, but absolutely no more than two inches above them.  With the cover, mine are 3 inches, which is why my seedlings tend to be a bit leggy.  I have an idea that I think might work, and if it does, I'll show you what I did once I get it rigged up. 

He also said to put an oscillating fan on, so that it mimics the breeze outside.  This makes your seedlings much stronger, so I'm going to do that as well.  

By the way, it's supposed to storm all next week, so I'm going to have to wait until it dries out a bit before I get a dirt guy out here.  The silver lining is that I'll be able to see where the low spots still are in my garden spot, and will be better able to fill them in.  On the other hand, that huge wedge of red clay the landscammer piled up behind my house is what is causing the rain water to drain into my garden spot in the first place, so once it's taken care of, that will solve a lot of problems. 

In other news, apparently yesterday was something called International Women's Day, so at work they passed out these little baggies with a pen and a shower fizzer thing.   Wow, I feel so special.   Someone else came around passing out candy bars. 

 I feel so appreciated. 

That new boss...well, let's just say that nothing has gotten any better since he's been there.  He hasn't even shown enough personality to get a blog nickname other than New Boss.   And we're back to going in at 6:00 on Monday.  I wish they'd just pick a time and stick with it.  This constant flip-flopping is really annoying.