I'm brilliant

I was just having a discussion on FB about being careful about growing seedlings in windows and how it can make them too leggy. Long, long ago, in a galaxy far, far away...I had another house, another garden and another life.  And we had a brilliant seedling set up. I do sometimes mourn the loss of that set up (although I don't mourn the loss of the life that I led).    I learned early on that if you place the light source too far away from the seedlings, you end up with leggy plants.

So, remember this picture from the other day? I'm...okay with this set up.  I'm not especially as happy about it as I'd like to be.  When starting seedlings indoors, I've always been told that you need your light source as close to the seedlings as possible without scorching them.  Especially if you're using a fairly weak light source like the light we've got.  I tried moving the light closer to the plants yesterday and it's just awkward and weird and I don't like it.

It just occurred to me that the seedlings are sitting on an adjustable shelf.  Instead of moving the light closer to the plants, I could just move the plants closer to the light.

Sheesh.  It only took me 4 days to figure that out....