My Green Thumb

When I was a kid, I tried to plant a piece of cactus. My brother told me that if it grew then I definitely had a green thumb. Sadly the piece didn’t grow and I didn’t earn my literal green thumb as I was hoping to do.

I’ve never been much of a gardener but recently I’ve been very interested in doing more. I planted a few herbs earlier this year that seem to be taken over by weeds. I did also plant some sunflowers in a container. The seeds were a year old, so I wasn’t sure if they would come up at all. After a few weeks, I started to see some progress.

Now about a month has passed and they have really started to grow. It almost looks like they are getting close to blooming.

I’m very excited as this is the first flower I’ve grown from seeds. It’s very encouraging to see it grow and prosper. I try to water early in the morning or in the evening since it’s bad to water flowers in the heat.

I might do some fall planting but will have to do some research on which plants/flowers work best in our climate.