I'm No Good at Green Thumbing It...

I read lots of books. And oddly enough, I read mass amounts of books on food, growing food, organic food, origins of food, etc... Why is this odd you ask? Oh. That's easy. I'm not really a fan of food. I should be. I work in Food and Beverage. But honestly, I love all things processed, sugary, unhealthy and overall bad for me. I try to enjoy the finer things. But I just can't seem to fully understand the pure joy so many people get from foods in their purest form.

I do have a thing for gardening though. I try. I really try. But that is also something that I just do not seem to have a knack for.

Seriously. Last year, I killed one tomato plant, a cherry blossom seeding, a watermelon vine and countless other attempts at growing things. I blame this, of course, on my place of residence. Things just don't grow in the desert. Las Vegas is not suited for living things. Okay. Maybe I just suck at the art of growing things.

This year though, I've tried again. My Spring 2009 attempts include two lovely tomato plants, a jalapeno pepper, an eggplant and a banana pepper. So far, I have managed to keep them alive (and at the risk of sounding like a gardening snob) and thriving!

Here they are in all their glory!

And look at them at a week old!


I know, doesn't look like much yet... but it will! I've even taken to having short (yet meaningful) conversations with them in the morning. My friend swears by this... his tomatoes grow... I'll give it a shot.

My flowers are thriving this spring. Every one of them came back from last year. That's one of the few positives to living in this climate. Everything becomes a perennial. Even with two days of snow this winter (I'm originally from Buffalo, this shouldn't be as exciting to me as it is), the mild winter months mean that flowers thrive in the early spring. (I'll post some pictures in the dead of summer and you'll see that this lovely colorful sight is temporary...)



But I can say this... I've kept my plants alive for almost two weeks now. That is, quite possibly a record for me. And if I should run into any plant suicides issues, I'm breaking down and purchasing this...