The beginnings of spring

We started our vegetable seeds last month and have been watching them grow quickly.  There is a delicate balance of water, light, and heat needed to get them to grow the right way.  We learned this last year when we watered and heated too much and grew leggy, weak plants.  They were fine inside but didn't handle the transfer to the outdoors as well as we had hoped.   

This is the first year that we have started our tomato and pepper plants inside.  We normally purchase them as seedlings from the greenhouse.  It looks like our vegetables are growing strong by developing the leaves and roots they need to be able to grow and survive outdoors.  

The mess in our sun room is starting to drive me crazy, but I'm hoping it will be made worthwhile when we cut into our first tomato this summer!

Heat mat and sun lamp

Tomatoes and peppers sprouting

Tomatoes and peppers at about two weeks of growth

Jacob planted our flowers on Monday.  It is amazing to me that some have already sprouted and grown already.  I can't wait to have fresh cut flowers in our house again.  It is such a treat to be able to walk into your own backyard to cut flowers whenever you feel like it!  Hopefully we'll have strong plants and an abundance and variety of flowers to cut this year.

Flowers sprouting - day 3

Tomatoes - nearly one month