Anywho.. This was the day, you know... the day I was over confident in my ability (reminds me of the days of planning for my Daughters arrival.. not nervous at all. haha). This day we really thought we had it all set and bought and WOW were we mistaken. As you can see, Pudd, (thats what I call her) was holding a cute pack of baby carrot seeds she would later plant carefully in a pot as the start of "her" garden. Anyone who gardens is already probably thinking "carrots in a pot??" yea.. I know. It was just the beginning of many, ahem, learning experiences! I think we started with about 9 pots holding a few tomato plants, carrots (ha ha) garlic (another ha ha which turned into garlic soup. spider mites loved it!) cucumbers, melons, eggplant, and peppers. Making mistakes is the best way to learn quickly. The first blunder we got into was with a gypsy sweet pepper, which happened to be the plant we wanted to work the most. It woke up one morning looking a little pale and wimpy :( By that afternoon it looked like it might be heading toward the "long sleep" if you know what I mean. It was shocking and suprisingly quick! I dug around looking for a big bug and put it in the shade but nothing helped. So, I put gypsy in the sun and pulled it out of the pot, and to my disgust.. uuuugh.. there were about, I dont know, 100,000,000 tiny spider looking things (barf). So naurally, I screamed and threw the plant in the grass like a quarterback.
