Soon there will be food...

Day 17

So, the garden gets bigger and bigger every day. The plants keep growing towards the sunlight so I moved them onto the window. It is amazing to me how big everything is now. It seems like every time I turn my back they grow a little bit.

The tomato plant is measuring in this week at about 29 inches. I am still eagerly awaiting a first tomato. Hopefully soon. The bean plant has grown to approximately 16 inches tall. My project for him this week is to re-pot him and find a stick for him to climb. For most of the week it seemed like he was going to climb up the tomato plant. Everything else is growing well as you can see from the far right picture. Just growing toward to sun!

I have been having trouble with the cilantro. It has yet to sprout and I am getting a little bit worried. I repositioned it and I hope maybe that will make a difference. Maybe it just needs more sunlight. I will be so bummed out if it doesn't sprout. That will mean no homemade salsa for me.

Everything NEEDS to be re-potted sometime this week. I have been looking on freecycle for any kind of free pots of shelves. I really want to reorganize my garden area. Hopefully something will turn up soon. If not, I will be out hunting for cheap gardening supplies.

Everything is growing like woah!

Day 11

So yesterday when I woke up everything was officially growing. The beans had sprouted and the basil was finally poking through. Everything else is moving right along steadily... well, with the exception of the cilantro which has yet to sprout. My cherry tomato plant however brought be great joy yesterday. Look:

THE TOMATOES ARE ON THEIR WAY!

I am planning on getting a new shelf for my plants within the next few days and re-potting them to accommodate their rapid growing rates.

I am so excited for this. This plant always amazes me with how fast it grows. Come on now, I measured it yesterday and it was just about 18 inches tall now. I am going to need to get something to support it and keep it up right. I am thinking about trying to get a small piece of wood and gently supporting the plant with string. I have a feeling this bad boy is going to become top heavy very soon with all the weight of the tomatos.

I also am going to need something for my beans to climb up very soon. For a second I didn't think they were going to sprout and then BAM! Amazing growth out of now where! I mean come on, my bean plant tripled in size in one day. I bet by the end of the day it will have grown even more. I underestimate its growing rate for sure.

The lettuce and chamomile are growing excellently too. I was getting worried about the basil then I remember this is RED RUBIN basil so, obviously the color is different. I looked closer and sure enough.. it was sprouting.