Simply put, I don't have one! My grandmother and mother are both incredible gardeners. I didn't inherit that gene. My mama actually likes weeding her garden - that's right, you read correctly, my mom LIKES pulling weeds! It's all I can do to spray them - and that's on a good day!
However, despite my gardening experience that should tell me I am not a successful gardener for the fact that halfway through the summer it gets too hot to comfortably water plants and I don't like to sweat or pull weeds and doing those things together are pure torture (almost as bad as say a traffic jam or a faculty meeting), I sill get inspired every spring to plant! I have successfully gardened on occasion and for short periods of time... And every year I plant tomatoes, squash and zucchini, herbs, and a few flowers and hope for the best. In the past couple years I have not successfully made it all the way through the entire summer with my patio looking lovely (although I have produced some seriously good vegetables - even when the plants looked a little "wild"). My poor plants usually bite the dust or go "wild" because I stop diligently caring for them in the middle of the summer, but this year I have a goal! That's right people, watch out, I have spring-gardening fever (again)! So mark it down, this is my goal. The following are some pictures of my back patio area about 3 springs ago and what I am shooting for this year:
It can't be that hard, right? I am going to shoot for some herbs and a couple vegetables - going to make myself start small and manageable. My friend Gina and I are going to plant more vegetables at her house and take care of them together. Hopefully that way we can both enjoy the benefit of a "real" vegetable garden and only have to do half of the work each! I would say doing it yourself is too much work for one person, but my mama does it every year and makes it look easy!
So, wish me luck and next time you are at my house or in my back yard (for those of you who visit) encourage me and pitch in... if you see a weed, for goodness sake, pull it! :-)
4 comments:
I am so glad you are gardening! I promise to help you beautiful!
I LOVE YOU!
That looks so beautiful! I so wish I had a green thumb too. Every year, I plant some flowers in our landscaping, some years they make it to the end of the season, some years they don't. I really would love to do a vegetable garden, too. Just don't have the time or energy these days. Good luck with yours...and if you have an abundance of tomatoes...you know where we live!
Yeah, really? My garden is the produce section at Kroger. I admire you for trying. I wouldn't even know where to start.
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