What a difference a day makes!

Tuesday night my tomato seedlings looked like this: 

Tomatoes on Thursday evening:

Sage is also coming along well and the peppers are looking like they're gonna pop out soon too!

Sage seedlings!

Springtime planting

There's a bit of joy in watching peat pellets expand and grow in even little rows!

Summer in Texas will soon be burning the grass dry- but before that happens I plan on getting some veggies out of that ground. I started composting last August when we got here, and I'm planning on trying growing things here this spring - swiftly approaching. This unusually cold spring has delayed planting season in North Texas, so that is luck for me. But the other obstacle is that I'm unfamiliar with the varieties of plants and how much I need to water them down here. That's gonna take a bit of learning.

I'm starting off with some Italian San Marzano tomatoes, Anaheim chili peppers and sage. I love the smell of sage and it makes clean incense. Tomatoes and peppers come handy for cooking, and in the case of the peppers, can look pretty when you dry them.

Once my garden bed is set up I'll try for peas, carrots, kale, and mixed greens. For now these little greenhouses is where I'm beginning. 

(Sage) 

(Tomatoes and peppers)