New seed starting set-up

Last winter I came into possession of this:

It's an A/V cart from a local grade school. For over a year, I've been planning to make it into a seed-starting station, and couple weeks ago I finally did.

The cart is equipped with its own power strip and extension cord and is roughly two feet long on each side.

My plan is to be able to use the second and third shelves for trays of plants. To do that, D and I drilled holes through the top two shelves and attached 1 by 4 lumber to the undersides. Then I screwed little hooks into the lumber.

I bought four two-foot-long LED light fixtures, thinking I'd have two fixtures for each shelf. The light fixtures came with their own hanging cords, but they weren't long enough to get the lights close to the seedlings, so I added some chain extensions.

With the extensions, I can move the fixtures up and down as needed.

The cart can hold two seed trays on each shelf. I have a pretty small garden, so I may not need to use the bottom shelf for seedlings, but it's a great place for storage, too.

I now have one tray on the middle shelf with broccoli and pepper seedlings, and I planted some flower seeds yesterday in a second tray. It might be a good thing if I don't need the bottom shelf, because the light fixtures are pretty narrow, so I'm currently using two of them for each tray, instead of the one I originally planned.

At any rate, planting is underway, and I really like my new set-up. Maybe I'll remember to take pictures of it in use one of these days.