Overcoming Tragedy

After starting this blog and all of my excitment about the growing baby plants and flowers, someone pulled up my baby cosmos and baby sunflowers.
Baby Cosmos Alive & Dead:

I've decided to believe that it was a wayward child walking home from school whose curiousity got the best of them. It was a very sad discovery which left me feeling dejected. After a few suggestions from friends and family to plant poision ivy, I withdrew from my planting expedition.
Sunflowers Alive & Dead:


But, now I'm back! I planted a new sunflower for my office and continued to water my precious plants. The new sunflower poking through the dirt on Friday, 4/30, was enough to renew my excitment.


Now the spinach is barely peeking up through the dirt. The cucumbers sprouted up and today the squash popped up! I'm so happy to see the sweet little sprouts barely above the dirt. I might just grow up to be a farmer!

Plantin' in the Rain, Just Plantin' in the Rain!

Oh, what a wonderous feeling! I'm happy again! Today was an amazing day. I planted some geranium, cucumber, squash, and spinach seeds. I also transplanted tomato, cherry tomato, blackberry, and strawberry plants. All in the rain. The rain really added to my planting experience today and made the rainy day even better.


I bought plants in these "easy transport" pots. No plastic waste and easier on the plants. Sounded like an amazing idea to me.

Organic soil to grow organic veggies!

Rocks in the bottom of the planters to help drain water. I read that was helpful somewhere.

I can't wait for delicious fruits and vegetables sans the farmer's market! I might need some better gardening shoes, though......especially for the rain. These little tennies left my feet frozen!