Let me preface this post by first stating I do not enjoy gardening. And, I do NOT have a green thumb. When we moved into this house (our expensive postage stamp), it came with over forty rose bushes and a beautifully landscaped yard. I had visions of joining the local garden club, and I planned to spend my free time weeding and planting new varieties of plants and flowers. I attended a rose pruning class at the local garden center. I bought a garden journal. I pruned and weeded and planted and fertilized. This new venture lasted exactly one year. Now I leave the pruning, fertilizing, and weeding to my gardening service that comes every Thursday. (Seriously, that's one thing I love about Southern California -- we don't even own a lawnmower!)
Since that time, I have managed to kill at least six rose bushes and the first blooms of this season seem to be covered with some sort of disgusting aphid rendering most of my first roses unsuitable for cutting and bringing in the house. Last October I decided to venture into urban farming, so in a spot where several rose bushes had shriveled up and died and that already had an irrigation system, I decided to plant a winter vegetable garden
I went to the garden center and I picked out broccoli , cauliflower, three types of lettuce, snow peas and an artichoke. We enjoyed all these homegrown treats during the winter. And so today, I harvested my very first artichoke!!! I can't wait to cook it!
I still don't like to garden much, in fact in the vernacular of my 20 year old daughter I am an "epic failure" at it, but I think I am going to venture into summer vegetables this year since I can plant them now. It is good to do something that actually produces concrete results. (Preaching does not!) Got any suggestions???? (When I figure out how to post photos, I'll do it.)
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