It’s a little strange to think that in the nearly five years that we’ve been living here, I’ve been using the view to the shed to tell the story of the seasons.  And now, now we’re watching and waiting, and with the next season, I will have to find something new to meter the view with. Exciting and strange all at the same time.

I took this picture yesterday- March 15.  I believe my words to Andy yesterday were along the lines of almost annoyance.  As I looked at the snow-free land around us, and basked in the 50º sunshine, my thoughts drifted to the fact that here we are in the midst of an early spring- the one I’ve been waiting for for three years now, and it had to be this year.  Talk about trying my patience!  This is the perfect weather for experimenting with sowing early peas, and I can’t sow early peas because of the impending move! Annoying, yes.  But still exciting, and there will be more early springs in my future.

Inside the house, tomorrow I’ll be starting peppers.  But I wanted to give an update on my indoor tomato garden.  All three plants are growing like gangbusters. Here’s a photo of the one downstairs:

And here’s a photo of the ones upstairs.

They are all doing very well in their pots, although it’s amazing how much water they take in.  If I continue with this idea of cherry tomatoes in the house in pots, I’m afraid that in years to come I’m going to need an even bigger pot yet for them to truly be happy.

But what do we have here?

Yes, my gardening friends, see those tiny green orbs?  Those are tomatoes.  One of the upstairs plants is pushing out the very first Sungold Cherries.  I can practically taste them, I’m so excited!  I started these plants on December 31.  On January 7, I found sprouts.  I cannot believe that these indoor plants are going to produce fruit!!

I had one more thing I wanted to show, but my picture turned out a little fuzzy.  Well, here it is anyway.

See that blob of green in the middle?  That would be a rosemary sprout.  Everything I have read about rosemary indicates that it’s totally not worth it to start it from seed, so of course, I had to try it.   I started with about a dozen seeds, and put them in a small dish with some water overnight.  In the morning, I had something very interesting.  I still had seeds, but they looked more like tomato seeds- with a little sac around each seed.  I filled a cup with potting mix, added the seeds, and added a tiny sprinkling of dirt to cover, followed by some water.  This went into a modified greenhouse to soak up sunshine.  I want to say it was about two weeks later I found something growing.  Just one- but it was definitely a sprout.  I’ve been babying that sprout for a good two weeks now, and it finally looks like it might be pushing some true leaves.

Unfortunately, the soil in my little pot was growing moldy fuzz, and today I decided I should probably give this little guy a new home.  It’s awfully small to be transplanted, but we’ll see how it likes the fresh dirt.   If my sources are correct though, and the sprout survives the transplant, it could be years before I get anything producible off this one sprout.  It’s still fun to try though. 🙂