Indoor Garden

For Valentine's Day I got a beautiful orchid, some potting soil, a window flower box, and seeds. A few weeks ago I finally got around to planting my little garden and the results are just beginning to pop up! Even though we had a pretty snowfall a few days ago, nature is alive and well in my kitchen.



On the kitchen table I have peppers and tomatoes. See my cute little tomato plant starting to grow?


In the window I have my african violet, some sunflower seedlings, and okra is just starting to come out in the flower box. At Grandma's for dinner last night, she said okra was probably going to be very difficult to grow, but to go for it anyway. So, I am.


Also, if you didn't notice, another little friendly face is sunning herself in the window and feasting on chicken. My neighbor's box turtle is hanging out at my house for a little bit. I'm hoping he will see that I take good care of her and just let me keep her. After doing a little research on box turtles, I found out that males will have curvy back toenails, while a female's will be more straight. I'm guessing she is a female. I've been calling her Tess today, but I don't know if it's going to stick.

PS: Sorry for the bad quality cell pics (I'm too poor to buy batteries for my real camera, haha! But seriously).