Gardening: WTF?!

Recently discovered in my potato plant.


Junior wanted to smoke them. Chris wanted to sautée them. I wanted to know what the hell they were doing on my balcony.

Gardening: Babies

My basil is growing babies!

Gardening: Maybe I Don't Suck

It's been two weeks since I replanted the garden and it's actually looking quite fantastic! These photos were taken last week and it's already gotten prettier looking. Well, some plants are prettier, some are more dead looking. But none are all the way dead, so this is a HUGE success for me and my brown thumbs.


I went to Lowe's and asked for plants that could withstand intense heat and an absent waterer. He recommended the potato plant. Unfortunately for me, it doesn't actually grown potatoes. But it does have sweet little purple flowers. There's also some lilac and a fern (that's old... I'm not sure where it came from.)


I have no clue what this is. But it's cute and pink and bushy-esque.



I've had this one for a while. Don't know what it is. But it got real dead for a while. Now it's coming back! It even has little green sprouts! WOOOO.



The basil doesn't look so hot in the afternoon. I think the sun is too much. But in the evening/morning it perks right up and looks fantastic. And this was a week ago. It's much fuller now. I think of pizza when I smell it.


The chocolate mint. It's not doing so hot. Some of it is dead... some of it is still alive. It smells AWESOME! And how adorable is the little metal sign that says "mint"?! Fantastic.


I.Love.This. It's beach grass and it looks so summery and fun.



My little garden :-) I have a bet going with my Sister-in-Law that the garden will still be alive when she goes home (she's here for the summer). I can't lose... too stubborn. Plus, a dollar is a lot of money these days.

Gardening: I Suck

Gardening was not originally part of the Jordana Project. Mostly because I REALLY suck at it, and it's going to take a LOOOONG time to get good at it. And I don't really care too much. Now, I would love to have a nice lush "garden" on the balcony. But I'm not sure it's in the cards for us.

(A) the space is small
(B) it gets DIRECT afternoon sun. So hot that the candle wax melts, the plants die and it is totally and completely disgusting between 3 and 8 pm.
(C) I have a habit of forgetting to feed things that can't yell at me to be fed.



It's looking so incredibly sad out there, I decided to rip it all out and replant. It was necessary. For the third time this year.


These are the "before" shots. Later, there will be "after" shots. The "after" is much greener. And less sad.


Gardening gets added to the project. I'm hoping to grow fewer dead things :-)