The Hopewell House

I've been so everywhere the last couple of months, that I have completely forgotten to tell you about my updates on my little garden!

But first, let me give you a little background story:

If you can recall my previous post about my attempts at growing indoors, you will remember I failed miserably. My little plants would start growing so well, and out of nowhere they would all wither and die. 

I was so frustrated!

Finally after my second attempt at growing indoors, I realized that my biggest problems was that 1.) The time of the year was inconsistent thanks to our crazy weather this year {aka lack of sun} & 2.) I kept getting mold! {I think it was because my planters were recycled cardboard}

Anyways,

If anyone out there really knows me, they know I am stubborn, and well, I don't give up easily {if at all}.

So I attempted a third time & decided for this route, I was going to grow directly outdoors.

Which I thought was a good idea...

...until my dogs snuck into my garden and stole all of my planter tags to identify my plants.

Well.

Weeks went by & nothing would grow! 

Then one day out of nowhere, 

I saw two lettuce plants beginning to grow and I was super pumped-

A few weeks later I decided I was going to go out and weed my garden so I could prep it for plants I had decided I was just going to buy and plant {I was at my wit's end}.

As I started gardening, I realize that there looked like some actual plants growing in my garden-

So I grabbed my laptop, took it outside, and started identifying leaves.

My conclusion?

3 Basil Plants, 2 Tomato Plants, 2 Pepper Plants, and my beloved 2 little Lettuce Plants!

Boooyah!

So here's some advice that I have learned so far this year about gardening that I hope you can find beneficial:

Overall, I have most importantly discovered that homegrown veggies cannot be beat!