Let me back up a moment.
Last Saturday I planted my sweet potatoes and pumpkins. I expected to start seeing little bits of green poking through the soil of the pumpkin container in one to two weeks. So when I noticed something in the container last night when I watered the dirt, I thought it was some of that white cottony stuff from the trees. (Pardon the technical terms.) This morning, I was pleasantly surprised when I realized it was actually a little sprout coming up. Not only that, but another one popped up overnight. By the time I got home from school this afternoon, there were four. And just a little while ago when I went outside to water them again, there were five. Five little sprouts poking through the ground!
These are the sprouts from one of the mounds. The other two sprouts are on the other mound.
I can't tell whether the sweet potatoes have grown any since I planted them in their containers. But they haven't died yet, so that's always positive. And still, it's exciting to see stuff happening.
I promise, I won't rattle on about my little plants every day. And I'll try not to take photos of every little change. But if I actually end up with a pumpkin or sweet potatoes, I will be posting photos. You've been duly warned.
4 comments:
Ok...you've got to quit coming up with new hobbies. First, sewing...so I started sewing. Now, gardening. I guess maybe I need to just keep trying to keep up with you. I am glad your plants are growing. I hope they produce some delicious goodies.
It is so fun to plant things and watch them grow! I understand the feeling completely. I agree with Amber, though, all of these new domestic hobbies are making all us normal folk look bad!:)
Come now, it's not a competition. Although, if it was, I would definitely be winning. :)
It's a lot easier to find time for stuff like this when you don't have kids or a television.
I took pictures of your strawberries and sweet potatoes to Nanny's and Granddaddy David this weekend. They were duly impressed with your little garden. I also spent an hour or so in their not so little garden and just about had a heat stroke. I did manage to dig up about 1 1/2 bushels of onions and a few bags of turnip greens. Keep us posted on your success stories.
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