The Black Thumb

I am a murderer.... of plants

Despite my failures.. I have decided to plant a garden this year! Part of this is because my children want one, the other part is because I also want one. I have the things I like and dammit I want them out of my own garden!

I have realized that if I challenge myself, I seem to be more successful. Such as my packing issues you may have read about. I did in fact manage to use just a carry on. So perhaps I can in fact keep a garden alive.

Last year, I bought some cilantro, and a tomato plant. Yeah, I went BIG. Anyway, the cilantro made it a week at best. It probably would have survived longer if I had replanted them into proper pots. But.. I failed. The tomato.. that poor poor plant. It too stayed in its original pot, and try as I might.. I simply could not water it. I dont get it, but I failed. But it was the little tomato plant that could, and it managed to produce one small half way decent tomato.

I know plants dont have feelings, but I did harbor a lot of guilt. That plant really was a survivor and worked hard to give me what I wanted it. I neglected it, yet it still tried. Seriously, I actually feel sad about that little tomato plant. So part of planting tomatos this year, is basically trying to undo my wrongs.

My husband asked me what I wanted for Mother's Day, and I said planters so I could have a garden. He was rightfully apprehensive. I managed to kill our cactus, so he knows that keeping plants alive is not my strong suit. But I had decided I would succeed. I did ask if he would assist me in the watering of the plants because my summer schedule tends to be super crazy. Between him and the boys they would try to assist me.

Check out those fabulous planters he made me!

So I planted a variety of tomatos, green onions, walla walla onions, cucumbers, lettuce, bull peppers, and from seeds I am growing more organic cucumbers, pumpkins, sweet peas, and whatever else I feel like growing. Basically I am simply growing my favorite things that are regulars in our diet.

So, today is the beginning of my journey! Journey of life... not death!