So today my first artichoke popped up. I've never grown these before - never even cooked one. But I do love eating them. I hadn't even planned to grow any, except that I got a free packet of seeds from the place I ordered my Asian Fingers Eggplant from. I couldn't pass up the opportunity to grow something new, so I decided to give the seeds one set of 6 pods to try growing it.

I was pretty happy when I checked my plants today and saw that the first one was completely popped up and there were signs of soil disturbance in other pods. That's always a good sign. For the most part if I can get a seedling to grow, I can get a plant to grow. And usually I get at least a few veggies/fruit from the item. So that means the hardest part is down - germination. Now just to get the plant to thrive indoors until it is time to plant outside.