Welcome

My name is Laura and I've never been much good at taking care of plants. When I was a child, I underwatered a cactus -- to death. Last summer I had some pretty little flowers in pots. They did OK until winter came and the summer rain stopped and I forgot about them. But recently I've decided to indulge a longtime curiosity about growing my own vegetables. Fern Richardson from Life on the Balcony once wrote that "the difference between green thumbs and black thumbs–I think–is that green thumbs try to learn from their mistakes and try again, while black thumbs assume they can’t grow plants and give up." I'm taking that to heart. This is a blog about my successes and failures in container gardening. You can expect a lot of mistakes, pictures of my plants, and probably some pictures of my dog. I'm writing this for people like me: People who don't have a big yard and are going to be growing things in pots and containers on balconies, patios and windowsills, people who don't don't want to spend a whole lot of extra money on a hobby like this, people who are maybe a little uncertain about how to keep their plants alive. I will probably take the cheapest and easiest route possible until I figure this out. I hope you enjoy the ride.