Purple Cabbage Seedlings, Carrots and Mustard Greens

I've seen the mustard green seedlings for a few days, but today I noticed the cabbages and carrots are starting to grow.

Here you can see a mustard green seedling and behind it are lots of carrot seedlings.

It's a bit blurry, but here's one of the baby cabbages!

Just for fun, I thought I'd share the pineapple plant I grew from a fruit. I planted this about six months ago, I think.

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