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!

Premature harvesting, but still proud of myself!

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!

Germination!

Now, they are flourishing and I even harvested some on Easter Sunday!

Easter Sunday harvest!

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!

Marigolds help to keep away the insects!

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!

Beautiful Daisies from the previous owner!

Stay tuned for more adventures in #kathysgrowingagreenthumb!