I stepped outside my back door on Friday and to my surprise, I see positive changes in my little plants in our container garden. I was so excited, I called my parents immediately. I'm so glad to know that growing our own items really isn't as hard as I expected. In fact, it's quite a lot of fun. And what a blessing to watch the plants grow and change. I've included just a few pictures so as not to bore you.

The zucchini vine is getting longer and the leaves are getting much larger. The chives (the little pot in with the basil) actually appear to be doing well. Now if they could just multiply! My mint is rebounding quickly even though I pulled out a number of it's roots to clean up the pot. It's practically a weed! Too bad it doesn't keep bugs away like someone once told me it did. Arugula is starting to sprout in between the mint leaves. I may need to yank out some more of the mint if it gets in the way of my salad greens. The carrots are sprouting just a tad. It may be hard to see in the photo. But I know it's coming. Next I need to read up on how to separate the seedlings and spread out the carrots to grow.

Not pictured are the mums, which are flowering again and the tomato plants, which are starting to point up to the sun. There is a blossom on the smaller tomato plant.

Happy Spring!

(I'll be saying that for a while I guess.)