I kill plants. I don’t intend to, but I do anyway. I love the idea of having a thriving garden where I can walk out and pick veggies to use for cooking. I once had a tomato plant that survived long enough to give me 6 cherry tomatoes, but then it died too.
My paternal grandmother had a lot of plants. I remember seeing all of the flowers she had around, and I used to help her water them whenever I was there. I remember when she grew tomatoes and I thought that was the coolest thing one could do.
We had a bing cherry tree that was in our backyard when my family moved into our house in 1996. The cherries from it were delicious and we picked them for a few summers. Then one day, we went outside and found the tree laying on the ground. There hadn’t been a storm or wind or anything to do that, but it just fell over somehow. We blamed our dog at the time, Shadow, for peeing on it too much, but I know that wasn’t the cause.
My mom had flowers in gardens as I grew up, so I kind of know how to take care of plants. I’m just bad at it.
Enter succulents.
One of my friends gave me an amaryllis bulb kit at my mom’s funeral instead of a bouquet of flowers. She told me that it was a plant that even she couldn’t kill. I took it home, put it in the little pot in the box and gave it some water, and sure enough, it’s been a year and a half since then, and it hasn’t died on me. I seriously neglected it over the winter and thought it was done for, but as soon as I added water, it started to perk up and grow again.
Ah, so that was the key! I just needed plants that I could neglect! Just before Christmas, I purchased some succulents at Home Depot (I don’t even know what types–I just picked ones that I liked) and put those in a pot in my house. They’re currently out on my front porch and are still growing. 🙂
So if you’re like me and have a black thumb but would love to maintain some greenery around your home, definitely consider picking up some succulents. They’re inexpensive, and I haven’t killed mine yet!
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