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There is something magically intoxicating about the smell of fresh dirt.  Perhaps this is why I enjoy Spring so much.  The world comes alive with amazing sounds and smells.  I could sit outside and listen to the wind blow through the leaves for hours.   I cannot wait for Spring so that I can plant my garden outdoors!

It has become somewhat habitual for me to take a peek at my growing vegetables.  I looked at them again last night before going to bed and saw that they had grown some more.  Today I ventured over to my "sunspot" as I like to call it, to see how my plants were doing.  My first sprouts, the pea and cherry tomato plants, have grown more and today I had three new sprouts work their way out of the soil.  

The first new sprouts I spotted were for my regular tomatoes; two have grown.  I also found a little sprout out of one of my broccoli pots (I have been told they are the hardest thing to grow). I am not sure, but I think I may have some bell pepper plants growing.  The reason I am unsure is because there is a little stick looking thing coming out of two of my pots, but since it is not green I don't know if it is a sprout or just something stuck in the soil. This is a mystery I hope to solve with research.  I know you are just dying to know if I called Fiancé to give him a play-by-play on my plant growth!  The answer: yes I did! That man must love me to put up with my childish glee over growing plants.

As mentioned before I planted a four by four pot with seeds-one for each pod contained within the pot- with a total number of seeds equaling twenty.  Each four by four pot contains only one type of seed.  The only pot that is not growing anything (or so I think) is the bell peppers.  Will the other pods grow anything, and if they don't can I replant in those pods?  Why do I have to prop the lid of my seed house up after my seeds started to sprout?

 I have so many questions!  Did I mention that I was a novice gardener?  I hope that with time all of my plants will grow.  I will be potting some more plants on Friday.  I hope to stager the plants so they all don’t have to be harvested at one time.  I also wish to pot some new vegetables, but I will need a new seed house for that.  Maybe I will send Fiancé on a mission.  So it seems that so far my adventure in plant growing has fared well.  Let's hope I don't mess it up.

-Novice Gardener

Today's Confession: Last year I was handed a tree for arbor day from the college I attended.  I took it home with me and was excited to plant it.  I sat outside with it in the sun (I had to watch it so the dog wouldn't eat it) I watered it, and kept its roots wet wrapped in a paper towel until I could plant it in soil.  I put it in a pot and followed the written directions as best as a novice gardener could.  Sadly that tree grew a few leaves and then died.  I don't know what happened, but I hope it doesn't happen with these plants. 

New growth!  These little guys are my "regular" tomatoes.  They popped up overnight.

This is also new growth in the form of broccoli.  It also popped up overnight and if it grows anything like my tomatoes it will be a big plant in no time!

This is a picture of my pea plant that sprouted yesterday. Look at how much it has grown!

These are the crazy plants that the rest of my vegetables are trying to keep up with.  These cherry tomatoes sprouted yesterday (see previous post) and look at how much they have grown! You can also see my little broccoli sprout in the background.