Is that title hard to read? It says, “kathy’s growing a green thumb.” I made myself a hash tag, #kathysgrowingagreenthumb haha! Search for it on Twitter and you can stay up-to-date on my gardening adventures!
I’ve always wanted to be able to grow my own produce since it’s so expensive in the store. The idea of being self-sustaining seems so empowering and that is my goal! However, I do not have the best luck growing things. My tomato plant only produced one large tomato compared to my sisters, who made many handfuls of tomatoes. Everything I try to grow unfortunately dies. My best friend gave me an orchid plant since she said those are hard to kill and they normally live for 3 months. Actually orchid plants can live forever; just ask my grandpa. Mine though, lived the 3 months and then went kaput.
Maybe I’m not giving the plants enough love and attention; perhaps on occasion I do forget to water them and maybe I’m just not meant to have a green thumb? Despite all these set backs and no matter how many plants have died on me, I will never give up! Since we moved into our new house (yay, we’re homeowners!), I started up a garden. Surprisingly, this is the best I have ever done, so I have hope that slowly but surely, I’m getting better at growing things!
Check out the radishes and green beans growing in my magic box, which was a gift from my sister . It’s kind of a funny story because I planted the seeds and waited the number of days until germination per the seed packet and nothing happened. Days passed and I was getting so mad that nothing was growing. I complained to my sister and she said maybe I need to talk to them more. So I went home that day ready to talk stories with my plants and by golly, when I went to check on them, there it was….. a little green sprout!!!! We reached the germination phase, HALLELUJAH!
Now, they are flourishing and I even harvested some on Easter Sunday!
I also have marigolds growing; they often wilt when I forget to water them, but come right back to life with a little bit of water! I just need to get into the routine and before you know it, I’ll be producing all kinds of produce from my garden! I can’t wait!
The former owner of the house apparently had a green thumb as well and he left behind beautiful Gerber Daisies! They make me smile every time I see them reaching towards the sun!
Stay tuned for more adventures in #kathysgrowingagreenthumb!
9 Apr ’15 at 3:15 pm
woohoo!!! ^__^ congratulations on your new found skill.