I have a confession to make. My thumb is extraordinarily un-green. Yes, I've come a long way since my first "real" job selling seeds door-to-door as a 7-year-old. I'm not sure I was every much of a salesman, as I recall having a lot of leftover flower seeds, which I dumped in an uncultivated garden area in my backyard. To my surprise & delight, a month or so later we had an explosion of color as flowers of numerous varieties sprouted in spite of my gardening "skills". Perhaps if I'd learned the language better while I was living in Uzbekistan I'd be able to recreate that 35-years-old success story. In any event, inspired by my time in Uzbekistan and my successful gardner extraordinaire friend, E.B., and fueled by a desire to save a little change on groceries, my garden is now planted. I opted to bypass seeds and jump straight to seedlings to give the plants a chance at survival under my not-so-green thumb. Two weeks into this venture, I've managed to kill off only a few plants. Check back in a few weeks to see how the rest of the corn, squash, peppers, tomatoes, cilantro, basil, and assortment of flowers are faring...
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Hey Brad, I haven't been on the blog in the last couple of weeks and just saw this post today. When you have a chance - you've got to post new photos of how much your garden has progressed! It was great to see you this weekend.
Great to see you, too, Jui! Be sure to come back SOON!!
The garden is growing like, well, a weed. The corn is as tall as the girls now. And if the girls & I would stop bumping the tomatoes off the vine, we may actually get some ripe ones soon ;-)
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