Day 5:

Last night I was telling Jack I wanted our plants to be growing now. He laughed at me and told me that I would have to wait. Waiting has never been my strong suit. I don’t know why I thought it would be a good idea to plant seeds and wait for them to grow Most of the seed packets said that seedlings would emerge in 7 to 10 days. 7 TO 10 DAYS!!  Any other time and 7 to 10 days would FLY by and I would barely even notice but this week is CRAWLING! It seems like it has been forever and it has only been 5 days. How could it only be 5 days? That was what I was thinking when I went into the kitchen earlier today. I wanted to make sure that all the plants were still safe. The kitchen can be a dangerous place for plant and human alike. I didn’t expect to see anything growing but being as impatient as I am, I just had to check. I started with checking trays one and two then trays three and four on the other windowsill. None of the trays had anything emerge and I probably looked crazy when I told them they were good little plants and that they should grow soon. Then I turned to check the lettuce that was sitting on the radiator (don’t worry it has been turned off for a while now) next to me. I never expected this next part though…


THE LETTUCE IS GROWING!!

There are tiny seedlings poking out of the surface of the dirt. I counted them and I see about 15 of them. Clearly Jack has a green thumb, he planted the lettuce after all. We didn’t expect to see anything until next week and these little seedlings have emerged 2-5 days earlier than we expected them. Apparently these little lettuce seedlings heard my impatience and decided to visit early. On the back of the seed packet it says that in about 45 days we can expect our first harvest. If the lettuce keeps growing at this pace we could have our own freshly grown lettuce in just 40 days!

Here are some pictures of the seedlings:









I think that they are cute little seedlings. Some of them even still have some of the outer seed shell stuck to them like a baby chick that has hatched. They have little green sprouts and tiny stalks. I can’t wait to see how much they will grow by this time tomorrow. They range in height from barely measurable to 7/8 of an inch. As I type they are in my windowsill enjoying the sunny weather. The potatoes and garlic are in my other window enjoying the spring rays. They are also growing quite well and I think they are enjoying their new home, the tallest potato plant is 13 inches.

I wonder which seedlings will decide to make an appearance next…

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