My green thumb has not really been very supreme over the years. Sure I've had house plants and kept them alive, but they always seemed to just die after a while under my care. I could never really figure out why my house plants would die. Mom and Dad have always grown everything: flowers, vegetables, fruit trees--their green thumb is super muscular and I started to worry that I didn't inherit the growing green gene. When Mom asked me if I wanted to get some vegetable plants and try to set up a mini-garden I was apprehensive, but wanted to give it a try since she would be supporting the growing process. We went and got a honeydew melon, zucchini, eggplant, artichoke and tomato plants.
Planting the plants was easy, but the tending and nurturing part was what I worried about. Not only is my green thumb underdeveloped, but we have three dogs (also known as the wolf pack). During the day the dogs have free roam while everyone is at work and they are notorious for eating flowers off plants, grass, and digging up whatever they please. My dad didn't think that my baby plants would make it past a few days with the dogs, but for some reason I felt that the dogs wouldn't bother the plants since Mom and I planted them in pots.
So far, the plants have been in the ground for the third week and they are doing well! I obsessively check them everyday for new flowers and leaves budding. All of them are going crazy! The garden loves the sun it gets. The tomato is the first to fruit--so far there's one little baby green tomato. I can't wait for the other plants to fruit. Garden grown vegetables are so delicious and it's rewarding to eat food you have grown. Every day that I water, the dogs assist me and I remind them that they are to NOT eat their sister's (my) plants. As long as they get attention and love when I water the mini-garden they seem to act as if my plants are not even there.
Peace and love :)
First fruit! It gets bigger every day!
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