Green Thumb - Thumbs Down

Ok, I admit it. I have not been posting pictures of the progress of my plants growing because the cilantro plant has been dead for about two weeks now, and the basil plant has not grown past a half inch...I told you this was a bad idea.

Instead of trying to grow my own plants I have decided to cheat. I went out and bought a basil plant that is already full-grown, and got specific instructions as to how to keep it alive for the rest of the summer. Let's see how that works.

On the other hand, my orchid is doing well. We have had five new blossoms since we got the plant. Some of the older flowers are dying off, but that is totally normal, so I have not killed that plant!!! I have the claim the victories I have.

Green Thumb?

I have killed plants that people swore could not die. There was the bamboo Trevan gave me for my birthday a couple years ago, then there was the cactus...no wait...I have actually killed two of them. Yet, I continue to bring plants into this house hoping that my thumb will magically become green.

This year I have actually taken a stab at growing herbs. That's right, I am growing Cilantro and Basil as we blog.
Do you see the little sprout? I cannot tell you how happy I was when it actually sprouted. I will take pictures every couple days and show you the progress here.

Again, let's hope for a long, productive, summer for our little friends.