I'm really not happy with my garden towers & it's all because I 2nd & 3rd guessed myself when it came to the layout. So to feel better I made a lil flower arrangement with zinnias & petunias to sit on my sewing table. #patiogardener #containergardener

This is my first time growing #Nasturtiumflowers & I'm already in love with the color on this bloom starting to open. They will be a staple from now on. #patiogardener #containergardener

When gardeners garden,
it is not just plants that grow,
but the gardeners themselves.
-Ken Drouse
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So my chives didn't germinate because I had them uncovered like lavender seeds. Oops 😬

Let's try this again. 😏🤭

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Look at this pretty lil purple radish I grew!! 🥰 #patiogardener #containergardener

In 2016 I tried growing a garden for the 1st time. I made paper starter pots from newspaper & toilet/paper towel rolls. Don't ask. 😒 That season was a fail. The pests ate & I didn't. 2024 they ate but not as good. I hope they eat real bad this yr. #pettygardener #patiogardener #containergardener

#flowerfriday The #Nasturtiums are everything I wished for. The #NaughtyMariettaMarigolds are petite & pretty but can we have a bit of noise for this lil #johnnyjumpupviola? 🥰 Oh & the lavender plants flowered but I figured y'all were sick of seeing them. 😬 #containergardener #patiogardener

My last expected frost day is April 10 so of course I ordered last wk Culantro seeds. 😒

Oh & hate the potting soil me & the kid hauled up the stairs but I'm gonna use it because I'm not struggling to take it down the stairs. 🤷🏾‍♀️
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Picked up some more seeds from Dollar Tree to pass out end of summer for fall/winter gardening. These are the same seeds that you can buy individually & if you don't mind the surprise variety this works great. #letsgrowtogether #patiogardener #containergardener

That's it, I'm getting an auger drill bit to break up roots in my containers from now on because doing it with a garden knife ain't it. #gardenchores #patiogardener #containergardener

I also have a unknown to me tree I'm growing that's doing good. All the leaves fell off this winter & they're back. The story of the sapling is it started sprouting someplace where I didn't plant & wanted to see what it was so I rehomed it to a different spot. 🤷🏾‍♀️ #patiogardener #containergardener

One day I'll remember to label the things I plant out instead of hoping to remember what stuff is where. 🙄 Anyway I'm completely in love with lemon basil it smells & tastes amazing. I might need a 2nd plant. 😬 #containergardener #patiogardener

I think my #lavenderplant is gonna flower!! 👀🥰🥰 I started it last yr from seed. Things like this are what keep me going on my gardening journey. #patiogardener #containergardener

The down side of being a #containergardener on a patio is space & realizing you in fact CANNOT grow all the things. I still managed to start a good amount of seeds. So many flowers, 3 varieties of sweet peppers & 4 varieties of tomatoes. 🥰

Me thinking I could sleep in late knowing I have a garden to tend is hilarious. It's already getting hotter than the devil's right armpit & it's only mid May. Let me go water & rotate these grow towers before I regret not doing it sooner. 🙄😩 #patiogarden #containergardener

Why did I just realize yesterday that one of my strawberry plants is of the alpine variety. I was watering my tower & plucking off dead/dying leaves when I noticed the leaves & flowers were so much different from the rest of them. I need to do better. 🤦🏾‍♀️ #patiogardener #containergardener

I didn't need a miniature rose bush but I purchased one anyway. 😩🤦🏾‍♀️ One of the tomato plants is dying along w/the thyme next to it. Gonna rip those out tomorrow & plant another pepper plant & start more lemon basil to replace the thyme.🤷🏾‍♀️ Still not messing with those strawberries. 🙄 #containergardener

Only I would purchase a 100 ft hose that only needs to go from my sink to the patio. 😒 Hose is so damn long there was hardly any water coming out of it because I could barely straighten it. 😫🤦🏾‍♀️ Back to dipping my watering can in a bucket for now. #patiogardener #containergardener

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