just getting started 🍆
#gardening #seedstarting #eggplant #growyourown #slowliving

Good morning ☀️
Crabapple tree in bloom from a walk earlier this week 🌸

#GoodMorning #NatureWalk #SpringFlowers #LittleThings #RelaxAndGarden

Almost talked myself out of this one when I first saw it in an expensive pot but for $5, I couldn’t pass it up ☺️🌸

#PlantFind #GardenFind #FlowerLove #SpringFlowers #RelaxAndGarden

My asparagus is finally ready 🌱
Planning to pick my first one later today 😁

#Asparagus #GardenProgress #GrowYourOwn #SpringGarden #RelaxAndGarden

Found this little visitor resting on my rose bush 🦋

#CabbageMoth #GardenVisitors #NatureMoment #RelaxAndGarden #relaxngarden

80° and feeling like 85° 🌞
Enjoying this beautiful day before the storms move in. #relaxngarden

Cherry blossoms are in full bloom at Jackson Park 🌸
#CherryBlossoms #JacksonPark #SpringBlooms #NatureMoment #RelaxAndGarden

Cherry blossoms are in full bloom at Jackson Park 🌸
If you’ve been thinking about going, now’s the time.
#CherryBlossoms #JacksonPark #SpringBlooms #NatureMoment #RelaxAndGarden

My asparagus is finally pencil thick this year 🌱
Definitely going to be able to harvest this one 😁

#Asparagus #VegetableGarden #GrowYourOwn #GardenProgress #RelaxAndGarden

First leaves on the apple tree 🍎☺️

#AppleTree #SpringGarden #GardenLife #GrowYourOwn #RelaxAndGarden

Cardinal singing 🎶
Spring buds are starting to appear, a little hint of what’s to come. 🌱

#Cardinal #SpringBuds #BackyardBirds #NatureMoment #RelaxAndGarden

Found these tiny little blue flowers while walking through the grass with my kids 💙
Smaller than my nail but so pretty.

#Wildflowers #NatureWalk #LittleThings #SpringNature #RelaxAndGarden

Brussels sprouts are planted in their pots🌱

Now we wait and watch them grow.

#BrusselsSprouts #GrowBags #VegetableGarden #SpringGarden #RelaxAndGarden

Seeds i winter sowed outside in cups this year are starting to sprout 🌱😁

#SeedStarting #Overwintering #SpringGarden #GrowYourOwn #RelaxAndGarden#zone6a

Good morning ☀️
My garlic is finally starting to peek through 🌱🧄
Little signs of growth never get old.

#Garlic #SpringGarden #GrowYourOwn #GardenLife #RelaxAndGarden

My Shasta daisies are just starting to emerge 🌱
I’ll be moving them to a pot this year, they don’t like the heavy clay soil and need more sun.

#ShastaDaisy #GardenUpdate #SpringGarden #GrowYourOwn #RelaxAndGarden

Loving the leaves on my Black Hungarian peppers 🖤

I can't get over how pretty these are, I can't wait to plant them outside😁
#BlackHungarianPepper #PepperPlants #GardenBeauty #GrowYourOwn #RelaxAndGarden

Good morning ☀️
Lettuce seedlings are potted up and getting their first time outside 🥬
Slowly getting them ready for the season ahead.

#Lettuce #SpringGarden #SeedStarting #GrowYourOwn #RelaxAndGarden

Brussels sprouts are finally getting some outdoor sun 🌞
Time to harden them off and let them get used to some sun and fresh air! 🌱

#BrusselsSprouts #VegetableGarden #SpringGarden #GrowYourOwn #RelaxAndGarden

When I got home from work today, I noticed the crocuses and netted iris starting to form a little purple carpet in my front bed 💜
What a perfect sight for the first day of spring 🌱

#FirstDayOfSpring #SpringBlooms #Crocus #gardenlife #RelaxAndGarden

Happy first day of spring 🌷
Longer days, warmer sun and so much growing ahead.

Onion & leek progress 🌱
Already twice as thick as last time I posted😁

#OnionGrowth #LeekLove #GardenProgress #GrowYourOwn #Relax

Started my compost today 🍂

So excited to turn scraps into rich, healthy soil for the garden ♻️

#CompostLife #GardenMagic #GrowYourOwn
#SoilLove #RelaxAndGarden

Good morning 🌞
Woke up to my indoor lemon drop pepper plant blooming 🌸

#relaxngarden #zone6a #indoorplant

Chives are popping up 🌱
They’re really enjoying this rain we’re getting.
It’s 57° right now, but we’re supposed to drop below freezing for the next couple days.
#SpringGarden #RainyGarden #RelaxAndGarden

Tiny new leaves on the strawberry plants 🍓🌱
Sunday night is supposed to drop to 10°F, so I’ll be covering them.
How do you protect your strawberries from a late freeze?

#StrawberryPlants #SpringGarden #FrostProtection #GrowYourOwn #RelaxAndGarden

Upgraded some of my garden beds
The old wooden ones were starting to fall apart, so I switched them out for steel.
The last bed is staying for now, it has garlic I planted in the fall along with some cilantro and peas 🌱 I’ll swap that one out later in the season.
#GardenProgress
#RelaxAndGarden

We got quite a bit of rain last night 🌧️
The mallards seemed to be enjoying the extra water at the forest preserve 🦆

#Mallards #ForestPreserve #NatureMoment #AfterTheRain #RelaxAndGarden

My overwintered pepper plant is doing great under the grow lights in the basement 🌶️
It’s already starting to grow peppers again!

#Overwintering #PepperPlant #GrowLights
#GardenLife #RelaxAndGarden