Artichokes!

Our first artichoke seed came up today. I'm really excited about these because normally in our climate you cannot grow artichokes. But thanks to natural cross breeding and my favorite seed suppliers hunting down the grower we have a chance to grow our own. Germination took 11 days. I will try soaking them next time to shorten the germination period. I'm a little nervous about getting these off to a good start. I was cutting it close with the planting. I should have started them about a week earlier.