With everything that has been going on lately in our lives, the stress level has been up a bit. It’s felt like life has been one up on us. I decided it was time to stop the defensive driving and jump in on the offense a little bit. Time to do something a little different.
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| Red cherry tomatoes, jalapeños, yellow cherry tomatoes |
We’ve started a mini garden on our apartment porch today. It has red and yellow cherry tomatoes, jalapeños, cilantro, basil and rosemary. There are a few seed packets on the way, as well as a strawberry plant that is suited to grow well in Indiana and in a container. Ray will have learned of this as he reads the previous sentence. (Hi hunny! See what happens when you sleep? J)
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| Basil |
We haven’t spent much money on any of this, so if it all decides to become mulch, compost, muck, or just plain dead plants taking up space on our porch, that’s okay. But, fortunate you will be blessed by pictures and progress reports on these plants and not only their wellbeing, but ours too.
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| Rosemary and cilantro |
We were inspired to really get going during our trip to Houston when we stayed with my Dad and Kim. They have a small garden in the backyard that had been successful in the past and looks to be once again. To hear them talk about it made me cheerful. I don’t know if that’s a normal response or not, but it was mine and replicating that feeling by Ray and me doing this little garden together has become important to me.
Hopefully, it will be a success and the pictures will be pretty and my neighbors will be jealous.
Here’s to a green thumb!
