O.C.B.T. Part 2 - Plants

I did not inherit my dad's green thumb. Instead, I got my mom's brown thumb. Actually, I really shouldn't blame it on my mom. She might very well be good at caring for plants, but I know for certain that my lack of interest in plants and my under developed artistic skills were from her genes. I've never been interested in digging in the dirt. The only thing I've kept alive longer than a few weeks was my plant Earl in London. But I decided to give gardening a shot after hearing Tram lovingly tell me about a garden she started last year. So a three Sundays ago, when it was unusually sunny and warm, Tram and I headed to Home Depot to hang out in the Gardening section :) I bought a small tray of plant starter pellets along with some seeds including lemon cucumbers and cherry tomatoes.

Now I know absolutely nothing about planting or gardening, but these pellets are nifty and great for beginners like me! You fill the tray with a bit of water in late winter, tuck the seeds inside, and a few weeks later when the seedling sprouts in the spring, you transplant them into the soil in your garden!

Now you're suppose to plant each type of seed in a couple of pellets to increase your chances of sprouting just one really strong one to transplant, but I just did two pellets for each seed. Imagine how happy I was all (but my basil starters :/ ) started sprouting!!!

Fast forward three weeks later and look at how big they are today! I love watching them grow. It's really gratifying for some reason, even though I can't yet eat from them.