plantoneonme
09-10-2008, 06:03 AM
Hi all! I am Kim and I live just outside of Detroit in SE Michigan. I work in the Intensive Care Unit as an RN which can be very stressful and find gardening a great stress reliever. I have always grown flowers but moved last September and decided to start with veggies again this year. I had to leave my beautiful perinneal beds behind that I worked on for over 20 years...but I still have plenty of access as my daughter and husband now live in that house!
It all "started again" (as the husband says) innocently enough by having fun with my 3 1/2 year old granddaughter, Jordan. I wanted to show her how seeds sprouted and then made plants (planets as she calls them). We did the old bean seeds on papertowels so she could see them sprout and later planted them. They grew into nice healthy plants and gave her lots of beans. I think it was because she talked to them and played with them...they were trees for her cars. We then branched out and started tomatoes, peppers and quite a few others (my first time from seeds) which later turned into needing a nice area to plant. Which grew into some nice raised beds and if we can talk grandpa into it, will expand again next spring. (My husband doesn't understand why we bother but sure does not complain when I slice up those juicy, fresh from the garden tomatoes.)
We are also saving seeds...again a first for me...and look forward to starting the whole process again in late winter with growing our own seedlings.
Happy gardening! Kim
It all "started again" (as the husband says) innocently enough by having fun with my 3 1/2 year old granddaughter, Jordan. I wanted to show her how seeds sprouted and then made plants (planets as she calls them). We did the old bean seeds on papertowels so she could see them sprout and later planted them. They grew into nice healthy plants and gave her lots of beans. I think it was because she talked to them and played with them...they were trees for her cars. We then branched out and started tomatoes, peppers and quite a few others (my first time from seeds) which later turned into needing a nice area to plant. Which grew into some nice raised beds and if we can talk grandpa into it, will expand again next spring. (My husband doesn't understand why we bother but sure does not complain when I slice up those juicy, fresh from the garden tomatoes.)
We are also saving seeds...again a first for me...and look forward to starting the whole process again in late winter with growing our own seedlings.
Happy gardening! Kim