Lessons thus far

Gardening is a very Zen activity.  You can't really control anything, your patience is rewarded and hope for certain results should be abandoned. 

Practical lessons thus far:
-Growing lamps need to be VERY close to the seedlings.  Too far away and the seedlings get leggy.  Leggy, in the world of seedlings, is bad
-It doesn't matter what the seed packets say - the "time to germination" will just depend so don't get frustrated when the 5-7 day germinating eggplants take 14 days
-When you first plant seeds - it can seem like you're planting waaaay too many.  When they begin to sprout - it doesn't seem like enough.
-You have to be close to the seedlings.  They need a lot of care and watering (literally) or they shrivel up.  This can happen overnight.

We get the chicks tonight or tomorrow morning. We build garden boxes today.  Exciting stuff!