Can you believe it’s been well over 3 years since I had a good house plant? We have been doing our backyard gardening for about the same time as that now, but inside….nada. I think it was a combo of slightly over protective “what if the baby eats the plant?” mentality combined with 2 kids close in age and “that’s just about all I can handle” stage of my life. But now that the fog has lifted slightly, I thought it was time to bring back the green.
I googled and pinned everything I could find on top house plants you can’t kill. Cross your fingers, hopefully it will work. All I can say is that it has really made a difference inside. Not to mention the fire has been burning in the Firecracker ever since she started her garden last year. I think I am raising a little gardener. She is very focused on making sure they are happy, watered, she blows kisses to them. She names them. She talks to them. It’s all very cute.
This year’s new garden is off to a great start. Seedlings planted, onions, lettuce, strawberries in raised beds, some annuals in, spring perennials bulbs are happily buried in the dirt, and the Fall bulbs from last year are in full bloom. Indoors we have succulents, topiaries, porthos, come clippings from a friend, and we even tried our hands at a terrarium! I was hoping to take a Master’s Gardeners course (as suggested by Nici), but it just didn’t make the priority list. We will have another learn as we go year. Last year it was grow lights. This year it’s throw some seedlings in a pot, germinate, throw them in a window, and pray for the best. That’s our do what we can for this year mentality.
Luckily, I have my little green thumb here to remind me when it’s time to tend to them. I am pretty sure at this rate she will be my master gardener before I ever find time to take that class.
