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May 4, 2005
Growing a Green Thumb
We all know by one look at my belly that I'm growing something, but what you might not know is that my mother is helping me grow a functional green thumb.
I have about three plants: a ficus (sp?) that Matt and Jerah Kirby gave us as a wedding gift 6 years ago, an african viloet ith no blooms, and a philadendron that has slowly been dying since we got back from Norway about 3 years ago. My grandmother is a plant junkie. She has such severe osteoperosis that she takes methaone for the pain. Yes my granny does crystal meth. She's up and about at 90 yrs old, and a back made of broken porcelin, tending to plants everyday. It makes her very happy and her plants and flowers thrive under her expert care.
My mom is more of a functional gardener, maintaining what she can and not ever doing too much. She's done herbs and easy to care for hanging plants. She knows a lot about plants (like my buddy Cat) but invests her time in other things mostly. I have a black thumb. I think plants are beautiful and the idea of a garden is something I dream of acquiring the way Neo learned Kung-Fu in the Matrix.
I have no mental energy for it and if a plant is out of my eye shot it will most certainly die. But the past couple years I've been able to tend to a basil plant used for yummy summer treats, i.e. pestos!!
So my Mom and I went to Lowe's yesterday to buy some realistic tools and plants. 
For our "Accursed Ring of Bushes" we bought a pair of loppers to begin to take back the land that the Lord gave us!! She also bought me a hanging petunia that makes the front of our blue box of a house look a bit more happy.
I bought some dill, basil and chives because if I can use them to cook I will most definately frequent them. 
Our house was so poorly planned as far as landscaping and we are discovering more problems every day. But the one that must must be solved before the summers end is the fire ant suburbia that is living in our front yard. 
We've baited it with toxic grits and moved the rocks that built the fortress around the fire ant community so WE WILL WIN! This past weekend when it rained the GA red clay wandered down the cracks in our sidewalk and by Sunday morning the ants had built little mounds all the way down the crack so you couldn't walk across without stepping on them. Cursed insects! My mom has been on a mission, she's a great little soldier in the war for curb appeal.
I went to the Midwife today, my due date, and she said I'm 3cm 70%. She said I'm progressing and everything's cool I just need some good contractions. So I went for a walk with Josiah and Mom after naptime and Joel and I went to Scalini's tonight for dinner to have the "Go into Labor" meal: EggPlant Parmesan. It's yummy and I ate it three days before Josiah was born. Whether it works or not it's yummy.
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hey, i'll be thinking of you these next couple days with the baby coming.
Posted by: kelly at May 5, 2005 9:53 PM
I have never had much of a green thumb and have always tended to kill plants so I am not sure how our gardening venture will turn out. So far we have had to replace about 15 plants that were killed by the cold. I have killed every herb garden I have tried to grow in the past so we will see.
I hope your baby comes soon now that school is done and your mom is here!
Posted by: jlg at May 5, 2005 7:17 PM
Hooray for moms, plants, and eggplant parmesan!
You'll love having your herbs. I'd die without mine (okay maybe I wouldn't, but you get the idea).
Posted by: Jeannette at May 5, 2005 1:04 PM
