My Green Thumb

In an effort to become even more well-rounded than I already am (cough), I've decided that I'm going to take up horticulture-or botany or whatever you call that thing where you put seeds in dirt. We live in a ridiculously cold house but one nice thing about it is that on the second floor it has a ridiculously huge window that gets sun for most of the day (and makes a wonderful viewing area for the neigbours to observe foreigners in their natural habitat, lounging around in nothing but their underwear during the hot summer months). I've decided to take advantage of that fact this spring and actually give this house a little domesticalization.

I've spent the past week looking at different planting pots in different stores which are quite cheap but I decided to start simple and just put the seeds in plastic cups first and then transmit them to bigger planters once they've grown a little. I have no idea if this is the right way to go about doing it or not. So far I've planted four different kinds of plants: cosmos, morning glory (they're actually soaking in water right now), zinnias and dwarf (I hope!) sunflowers. As you can see in the pictures I've got a whole little greenhouse going! I wasn't too impressed with the soil I bought so I'm probably going to by a different bag tonight and mix up another batch. I'll let you know how the progress grows.