My gardening skills are a hot mess.
Shouldn’t some of these little guys start producing soon or am I just being over anxious?
Three of my nine (that’s right nine!) green pepper plants.
I love some green peppers!
This little guy is problematic.
He is my last cilantro plant.
I once had four.
Now I have one.
“One is the loneliest number…”
I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I can’t keep them alive.
Yes, I am watering them.
Moving right along – this is Susie the Strawberry Plant.
I almost think the heat is warping my fruit.
My lettuce is actually doing pretty well.
Just ignore that parsley there :/
The onions in the back are still kicking it too.
The gnome is still standing guard along with three other green pepper plants.
These guys are not as big as the others – I think it has to do with the amount of sun….
but if I move them, I warp the lettuce.
(Believe me, i’ve tried)
One of the two tomato plants.
This guy has little flowers.
They are coming!
My memere keeps telling me gardening is in my blood so its bound to work out.
I’m hoping so – I’m not one that likes to fail.
Keep growing little buddies!
And I’ll keep watering…. and praying.
Lots of praying.
Lots of praying.
One thing I’ve learned w/plants is you must be patient! We had a sego palm that we thought was dying a few yrs back (all it’s palms were turning brown but not falling off). I was so close to throwing it out when Josh did some research on them. We got some special plant medicine (no clue what it was) and it took a good year before new palms started sprouting. After a few more yrs, repotting it every yr, putting it in good sunlight and giving it a good watering, it’s actually now sprouting about 3 new palms every year. I’ll have to show you a picture, it’s pretty nice!
Oh and I also got one of my orchids to re-bloom a year later (which apparently is very hard to do). We went to this AMAZING orchid greenhouse in Leesburg that this guy built himself, oh my god…I want a greenhouse too…it was amazing. So we got this really cute mini orchid plant and it’s blooming like crazy right now. It’s actually a product of this guy mixing 2 different orchid plants and creating this one.
Normally every year I do a garden (Josh built me a small garden in the backyard) but last summer we were not responsible gardeners. Josh left the soaker hose on for 3 days straight…on numerous occassions, needless to say we had a $400 water bill come bill time! So I went easy on the garden this summer and just did cilantro, basil and something else (I can never remember). Josh and the bunny LOVE the basil. It took a while for it to grow but now it’s overtaking the garden. The heat has made it wilt a little but nothing a little water can’t fix!
I never would have considered myself to be a green thumb (and I still don’t) but over time I’ve gotten much more patient w/my plants and we’ve been very good w/them. I used to kill everything we owned but now everythign we have is thriving so I guess that’s something!