As a child, helping my parents plant flowers in the spring and the occasional forced weeding session was the closest I ever got to gardening. It was a chore, far from fun. Since that time, I never had the desire to have anything more than a couple of cheery houseplants to make my white-walled apartment seem less sterile.
Last year, I thought I would venture into growing my own herbs. That's something I could get behind. I enjoy cooking. Fresh herbs are expensive and go bad SO quickly, why not have my own stock? Well...I killed the mint and basil I purchased. (It helps to water your plants, especially in the hot Texas summers!). Yet, the rosemarie survive. I've since learned from others that its nearly impossible to kill.
Yay me. Smart purchase.
This year, I went to my local Home Depot garden center with the idea that I'd get a few more herbs, and perhaps a few flowers, and start over. But then something caught my eye. A strawberry plant! Hmm....I love strawberries. This might be interesting....let's try.
Next to it, a red pepper plant. Now, have you seen the price of red peppers in the grocery store lately? If I get 1 good pepper out of this plant, it will have paid for itself. So...I figured, let's give this a try, too.
Before I knew it, I had a jalapeno plant and a green pepper plant, too. Then I couldn't stop.
By the following week, I had 3 more strawberry plants and a dwarf orange tree.
The point of this all is that I have no idea what I'm doing, but I've dived in head first. Should be fun.
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