Springtime is Near!

It's been awhile since I've posted here. I haven't had much exciting stuff to post about plants through the Fall and Winter. But with Spring approaching, many of my plants are springing (pun intended) into growth. Sunlight like usual isn't great in my home but perhaps the plants notice the weather change. I hope to have some interesting content to post up soon! I've started dabbling with growing sprouts. It seemed like a crop that I could very easily grow and successfully harvest in my humble, mostly sunless apartment. So far I've successfully grown one batch of alfalfa sprouts. It took approximately five days to harvest my first crop. It was a rather cool experience watching the small amount of seeds in the jar explode into a huge bunch of sprouts. It was even more exciting as I got to enjoy them in a sandwich and a salad. I'm currently growing batch number two. If the alfalfa sprout growing continues going well, I might expand into broccoli sprouts. I've never actually ate broccoli sprouts, that I've known of at least, but am willing to try. They appear to be just as easy to grow.

Anyway, look forward to more posts from me in the future. I think - hope - that I have some interesting things to share soon!

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