I like gardening. There's something very peaceful about digging in the dirt. There's a certain amount of satisfaction in helping to create something out of a mound of soil and a small helpless-looking plant. I am useless when it comes to keeping plants alive indoors, but when it comes to an outdoor garden, where mother nature does the watering (most of the time) and all I have to do is pull some weeds and add a little nutrients now and then, I do well enough. :)
When I left my first job, one of my wonderful coworkers gave me a great book called "Basic Gardening: A Guide for the Horticulturally Helpless" by Yvonne Cunnington. It has been an excellent tool for learning in my gardens. I am by no means an expert, but it gave me the confidence to try things out with some trial and error. We've had some wins and some losses but thankfully no tears.
This year I am trying something different. I have for several years now wanted to grow a vegetable garden but for one reason or another have not had the time or the motivation to maintain it. I decided instead of buying a whole bunch of annuals that look beautiful but then die in the fall, why shouldn't I try planting some vegetables instead and see what happens? It's a fun idea, and if I get some vegetables out of it, then bonus! I'll learn a bit about gardening in the process, and maybe I'll get to make some salsa or something out of my peppers if they manage to grow. We'll see. :)
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