We’re All Going to Starve

if the world ever has to depend on us to grow enough food to feed the masses. Heck, we would be lucky to grow enough to feed one very tiny person for a light snack.

Remember, my little garden in which I was so proud of?  Well it is the saddest thing ever, what is left of it that is.

This is embarrassing, but here you go.  This is what is left of it.

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Yeah, I know this is just grass.  I promise you we planted spinach here.

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Our cucumber plant.

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These are tomato plants and have been growing for about 8-10 weeks. But we planted tomatoes in here about four months ago, too.  I have no idea what happened to those. Either the ones I planted four months ago are very stunted or are missing.

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I have high hopes for this one.  Please tell me it is not a weed.

My guess is that it was a lack of consistent water, and what water we did have was pretty heavy and probably washed any nutrients away, and we didn’t add any additional fertilizer.  Honestly, though, I am really not one of those people who loves to grow things. I love to eat them but not grow them.  I do not really like getting diry, sweaty or eaten by bugs, and too much sun and heat will give me a migraine.  Did I mention I live in the South?  So, you see, I am not sure this is going to work for me.  There has got to be a better way.

Oh, yeah, there is…it’s called a grocery store.

Thank goodness for backup plans.

Did I mention that I actually have the beginnings of a draft article entitled, “Grow Your Own Vegetables”?  Well, I was an optimistic gal if nothing else, wasn’t I?

Do you want to see what I wrote?  I was even curious myself, so let’s take a look (I laugh in the face of embarrassment and humiliation.):

“We planted our vegetable garden nine days ago…and look what we have now!”

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That was it.

That wasn’t too bad.  That was as far as I got.  Thank goodness.  At least I didn’t proceed to tell you how to grow beautiful, yummy, healthy vegetables because obviously I know NOTHING on the matter.

We thought we did.

But we didn’t.

6/9/2010 ETA:

I am happy to say that this year is going MUCH better than last year.  Oh, by the way, that second to last one WAS a weed. It’s OK.  I can handle it now.
It makes this all that much sweeter….
http://extraordinaryintheordinary.com/2010/06/vegetable-container-garden-images/

I am happy to say that this year is going MUCH better than last year.  Oh, by the way, that second to last one WAS a weed. It’s OK.  I can handle it now.
It makes this all that much sweeter….

http://extraordinaryintheordinary.com/2010/06/vegetable-container-garden-images/

I am happy to say that this year is going MUCH better than last year.  Oh, by the way, that second to last one WAS a weed. It’s OK.  I can handle it now.

It makes this all that much sweeter….Vegetable Garden 2010

About Extraordinary in the Ordinary

I am a professional photographer who lives and works from her heart. My goal is always and in everything to be better today than I was yesterday. I’m an ordinary person dealing with what I like to believe are ordinary issues, but in all the ordinary days, I want to live an extraordinary life. I am the mom to two grown sons, and there has been nothing I have loved more than being their mom and being home with them. And while you are always a mom, there is a certain part of that time in my life that is over now that they are grown. I miss hearing them play and having them with me all the time and having all their friends over, but it is time to move to the next stage of life or at least trying to figure out what that is. I am making a list of personal goals, connecting with friends, and still nesting even though the children are grown. I think I will always be a "nester". Home is where the heart is. I love home and love making it a healing place of peace and comfort.