Yep. Big time seed addiction here. Several years ago, I went to my son and DIL's house to help them plant their first garden. We tilled and tilled, and tilled some more, then we unwound about 25' of heavy chain from the tiller tines that had been buried in the ground... then we tilled some more. DIL showed up when we were getting ready to plant. I went to the truck, and pulled out my boxes of seeds. We sat on the lawn and looked everything over. Her comment? "You have a serious problem here. Why are you keeping all of those seeds. I think it's time for a family intervention!"
My cat is also a menace to all things growing. He loves to graze on my spider plants, and will go to great lengths to get to them. Knocks over 3 plant pots, spilling contents onto the floor and down the heat ducts in his efforts to get the spiders! Then, when I start seedlings, he LOVES to climb into a seed tray, and lay on top of the little plants. I have 2 of the little mini green house frames. I can set one in the window, with 2 legs on the window sill, and the other 2 legs on the bookcase that I built. It has 3 shelves. I can then set my trays there, put a florescent light over at least one tray, and wrap tin foil or plastic around the 3 sides away from the window. Provides a lot of light, and traps a bit of heat, Keeps the cat out. I have a big set up in my basement, but haven't used it for a few years because of the heat required to keep it warm enough. But, when stuff gets up and going well, I can move some of it down under the big florescent fixtures, with the bulbs just about touching the leaves, and they do ok there then.
You can easily have a hay bale cold frame. Super easy to construct, then when you're done with it, just remove the covering, remove the twine, and kick the hay around for garden mulch. Works great! Or you can buy a couple of cattle panels and make a super easy green house. Check out Back To Eden gardening. It will make tilling become a distant memory! Your gardens are absolutely drop dead gorgeous!!!
