Worth It? Lettuce Decide

While waiting for the winter to subside to a mere whisper instead of gale force (for us here in southeast Tennessee), there has been heated activity in the sunroom/greenhouse. New this year are some electrical devices to aid in the business of seed starting.
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Paphiopedilum ‘Quasky #3 x Quasky #4’  not quite open all the way. I just wanted you to see.Since the last post about seed starting which can be seen by clicking here, we have made a couple of additional purchases. The total amount spent on non seeds has been a figure we do not wish to disclose here, even though The Financier does not profess to being a reader of this blog. Was, or is it worth it? The pictures will speak for themselves. The second light stand, a two tier job, was purchased after the space under the first one filled up so quickly. A second heat mat was also installed.
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Shown on the left is the progress report on lettuces as of January 8, 2009. On the right, February 1, 2009.We have harvested two meals of this lettuce already. It was yummy and so fresh, as it should be. The ruler shows that another salad is ready and waiting to be picked. The red lettuce, one of two kinds, Revolution and Dazzler, this Revolution is nearly ready to join in the salad bowl. It was planted at the end of December. The green type was planted in late November. There needs to be another sowing soon to have the succession of crops that makes the harvest last longer. These will all be planted in the ground in a few weeks under row cover.
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And now for the closing argument… The lettuce seedlings sown on January 1, 2008, photo taken Februay 5, 2008 without heat mats or lights. The truth is in our tummies.
Frances