How to give your plants a head start in Spring

This is a beautiful week end. We believe the nice weather will stay for a while so we got our plants and flowers from the sunroom to the back porch.

We've watching these seeds that Debbie has planted late Fall last year. They have germinated, then started to grow throughout the winter. We kept them in the sunroom and in another spot of the house that gets some sun. It was fun to see these seeds turn into different vegetable plants: broccoli, beans, tomatoes, ... Even the pear tree germinated and grew. The beans even produced in the winter!
As you can see in the pictures the bougainvillea bloomed!!! And the fig tree got bigger.

Well, this is how you get a head start on the spring. You save your plants and keep them cozy and warm, you plant new seeds in small pots, and comes spring, you are way ahead of the game!

The best part of this is that your plants and flowers keep you good company in the winter with nice greenery in the house. We use our sunroom a lot in the winter. You even marvel week after week as your seeds come out and take shape. The trumpet flower did great and the fig tree even gave figs at the beginning of the winter. Fig tree in a pot!!!

Did you know that broccoli plants bloom into little pretty flowers before the broccoli comes out? Just like tomato plant does? Just look at the 3rd picture and you'll see. Compliments to Debbie.