Gardening Time 2024

 

                 

          So, it's Monday. I hope y'all had a great weekend. It was warm and sunny yesterday, here in central KY. Saturday, I went out with the hopes of stopping at Menard's for a perennial plant or two for my flowerbed. I walked out with $55 worth. Oops. But, I got some pretty plants, and hopefully, I'll have some luck with them.

        I have not always been a gardening fanatic. Ha! My Gram is probably beaming down with pride from heaven, knowing she finally has a grandchild who at least has interest in it. She loved gardening. I remember when Daddy died, which was 15 years ago. My mom took home a pretty fern plant from the funeral home. She took it to her office. 5 years later, my mom was unexpectedly let go, and she ended up telling me to hold onto the plant for a while. That bad boy sat on my kitchen table (hello, ADHD) for probably another year? I can't remember how many times I watered it, but I can tell you, I took it to my Gram, who brought that baby back from the dead.

        I didn't get started in gardening, or have any interest until like 2021. I was hoping to cut costs down (haa!) on groceries. Let's just say, I learned very quickly that it is not that cheap. My first year was done in grow bags, and I pulled up out rock/weed flowerbed and cleaned it up. I planted flower seeds, in addition to putting down seeds I played with plant seeds, and found peace just planting and watering and waiting in anticipation of whether it would work. I'd call it a 2/5 starts that first year. The second year, my neighbor across the street, offered to let me have a plot of space in his field. I agreed, and I think that year I planted everything I could get my hands on. Cucumber, maters, watermelon, strawberries, squash, and I don't remember what else. I ended up throwing all the squash out because we don't eat squash, and I couldn't get it to my mom because of gas prices were too crazy. Last year, I did green beans, corn, cucumber, my strawberries survived a frigid cold snap, maters, watermelon, sweet peppers, and tomatillos by accident (they were in a beef steak mater seed packet). 

        This year...I am scaling back. I am trying (for the third time), broccoli, lettuce, onion, garlic...those have already been planted. I will be putting taters, cucumbers, maters, maybe some corn, green beans. and basil. Last year I had a insane amount of "volunteer" mater plants, and I let them be...but they took over. This year, I am pulling them up. I am new to gardening. I am nowhere even close to figuring all of this out. But it is fun trying to figure it out. I'll share some pictures too, very soon of the outcomes so far. I am going to work on my Etsy shop, which I will share as well, very soon. Lots to come, I hope :)