OK I'm a geek

Yesterday I set up shelving (freestanding unit, heavy black wire, 5 shelves, 6' x 4' x 18") to start seedlings. I have to purchase a few more light fixtures and I have to find some waterproof stuff (suggestions???) with which to line the wire shelves. This shelving frees up much-needed counter space in my cellar and quadruples my seed starting space. I assembled the whole thing myself, which is a big deal since I'm not exactly mechanically inclined.

I am WICKED excited about this!!! :) :)

Just had to share with folks who would appreciate this. (DH just rolls his eyes and goes, um-hum.) I'd love to hear/see pix of your own seed starting setups, too (so I can blatantly steal ideas :) ).

pam

I have a hard time reaching in at 6'. I am short, I can do it but its tough.

Congrats on your increased seed capacity and "handyman" achievement of getting your shelves up and ready for use. You deserve to take a bow. Any seeds around here grow outside mostly all by themselves but a few get a little help from the resident gardener. Good luck with your seedlings and new found space. Stand tall, feel proud!

pluggins - for water proofing (i made a similar set up out of stapping) i used some think plastic sheets that were left over from painting. i think they we 25 mil. think. you can find it in any home improvement store - comes in rolls and just cut it to size.

I appreciate this Pam and especially appreciate your wickedness. What's a cellar? Is it the same as a basement?
Laurel

I wish I had the room for something like that, nuts! Congrats to you though.

Maypop: Yep, cellar = basement. We also say "downcellar" when the basement is a destination, as in, Could you please go downcellar and get me a jar of beans. I feel comfortable indulging in my native dialect on this forum (I'm originally from Cape Ann MA) :) .

Thanks everyone for indulging ME. :)

That certainly explains why your "wicked" excited! lol

Down cellar seems perfectly normal to me and doesn't everyone get wicked excited. I have found no matter where I travel, as soon as I open my mouth they always say "Oh you are from Boston." Then they want you to say park the car. Well everyone knows that people from Boston have a totally different language than we do down south, southeast Ma that is. HA! :)

Good luck, Pam! have fun.

I think I might be tempted to attend if someone scheduled and RU at the Bell in Hand restrurant.
Guess we should tell ahead of time that lunch is fifty bucks average and dinner costs a little more. :)

Those of us who were born and raised within the rte 128 loop have a completely different vocabulary than the rest of the world. I refuse to say "park the car" for people...what am I, a trained seal? :) Interestingly there are four of us here where I work in WV that are all from a 30 mile radius of Boston. I've mostly lost my accent but I occasionally offer to translate for the other guys, whose accent is impenetrable to the locals.

Is hubby from the Boston area too?

i always have folks ask me to repeat "part the car" - i just tell them i use to shop for my kids at Toys - Us.

Hey phuggins I just moved up here from the South but noticed we were close to each other.

Funny cuz I post in the Ohio River Valley forum too and Mid Atlantic......depending on where I type in the zip code........Morgantown, WV gets put into either of the three regions. :)

Henygirl keep on coming back. This is a great group of people. Geeks? lol

Thanks, actually hanging out with enough of yall I might actually learn some of this stuff.

Gardening up here is alot different than the South.....but it is really exciting. Only the snow fascination has officially worn off!

Snow wore off years ago.

"snow fascination" LOL after the first storm!!!

That's for sure.

Hey Heny! :) I post here because (I think I mentioned this already?) I'm originally from coastal Massachusetts. Plus I like to flip Victor poop.

Beware of geeks bearing gifts!

Tee hee, I like the Toys - Us answer, I should try that one sometime. :)

Nah, hubby is from the Harrisburg PA area. When we got engaged my mother was very concerned that I was marrying a southerner (I'm not making this up).

OK, quick quiz to find out who is a native Yankee and who is just faking it (i.e. is from someplace like oh, say, the Lower Hudson Valley):
Define the following terms:
* Tonic
* Bubbler
* Packy
* Frappe
(hint: they all have something to do with beverages)

Pronounce the following town names:
* Gloucester
* Peabody
* Woburn
* Worcester
(no hints here, you are on your own)(BTW no fair looking up the answers online)

heh heh

Being a native NYC kid, those words are Greek to me. Thanks for the poop, Pam!

tonic and frappe. The towns overseas?

Snow, ack, I grew up in MA and went to school in ME I've seen enough snow to last me for a while, thanks. Although the boy really loves it, which is kinda fun.

Heny, WV IS the south for me. :) Actually, when you grow up in MA everything south of about Hartford CT is considered "south", except for the excrescence which is NYC where folks root for the Yankees and is just unmentionable. (DON'T FLAME ME EVERYONE, I'm just reporting how I grew up! Although I still don't like the Yankees)

Anything south of NH are flat landers!

Any time, Victor...poop is good for what ails ya. How's the sinus infection doing, BTW?

> Anything south of NH are flat landers!

Yeah, true, the first time I saw the Appalachian mountains I was all sorts of impressed. Which should tell you something. :)

I don't know if I'm still talking to you after that assault on the capital of the world. By the way, I am a Mets fan and detest the Yankees as much as any New Englander! (I'm a huge Bill Buckner fan.)

Sinus is better - thanks.

NYC is pretty flat !

Have you seen the Empire State bldg??

Well Southerns would NOT accept someone north of the Mason Dixon line calling themselves a Southerner! ;) Which is one reason I picked out of the three or so places we had to choose from.......Morgantown was still south of the Mason Dixon line....just barely.

We are enjoying the cooler weather and the actual seasons. So we are happy for now! :)

No - I have been in the Statue of Liberty and that was small. Not what I expected. The ground in NYC is flat.....

Ha ha! Tonic is soda (or "pop" if you are from western NY or the midwest) - Coke, Sprite, whatever. But only for people within a certain defined geographic area of MA. The only reason I know this is that my first job out of college was in Wilmington MA, and one of my co-workers offered to show me where the "tonic machine" was. I was perplexed - I mean, who knew you could have a whole vending machine devoted to tonic water (and why??)? I quickly found out that's NOT what she meant.

A frappe is a milkshake. But I forget if it's the kind with ice cream, or without.

Here, can I offer you some nice steaming poop as a peace offering???? Maybe an egg cream??? Or that watery brew with rubber tires in it that you all call Manhattan Clam Chowder? Oops, maybe I should have stopped after the egg cream.

>(I'm a huge Bill Buckner fan.)

Oooohhhh....aaagghhhhh....gaaarrggh... Thanks a lot, my therapist thought I'd be over that by now as long as no one...mentioned...the...1986...World...Series...*clunk* *passes out*

Yes, LOL on the 'snow fascination wearing off' and then I kept reading and just laughed more and more.
'geeks bearing gifts', excrescence, etc.
re: Harrisburg being 'south' actually it's north of the Mason-Dixon line.

Not a chowder fan. That's not NYC food anyway.

Heny, I'm not sure how long you've lived here in WV but be very careful not to refer to WV as "The South", since they fought for the Union and are still a little huffy about it. To the natives, WV is "Appalachia", not "North", "South", "MidAtlantic", or "Midwest." :) Just out of curiosity, how is gardening here exciting and/or different from gardening in the south? :) (I've only gardened in MA and WV, which are both zone 6a.)

pam

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Thanks a lot. *huff* Couldn't resist, could you. :P

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Hee hee!^_^

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