Summer Challenge: Green vs. black

Okay, so those who know me know that my thumb is ANYthing but green when it comes to keeping plants alive.  If it is green, I’ll kill it.  But I come from a line of ladies who could grow just about anything.  Both of my Grandmamas have a thing for all things green.  My Grandmama N. has always had some sort of flowers around the house and my Grandmama L. had a garden in her backyard where she grew eggplants, cucumbers, and a whole lot of other things that I apparently didn’t care too much for since I don’t remember anything but those.  Her favorite flower was the Geranium and I apparently inherited her love for those flowers and will always associate those flowers with her memory.  This year, something tickled my fancy and I decided I was tired of having a black thumb.  I am determined to keep a few pots of flowers alive through their season and hope to even put a few veggies on the table as well.  I decided to start small….two pots of Geraniums/Begonias for the front porch (which I gotta remember to get a picture of eventually….once I finally clean the porch so it looks somewhat presentable), and then a pepper, Roma tomato, and zucchini pot on the back porch. 

The blue pot has the bell pepper plant, the middle red one is the tomato, and the end red pot is the zucchini.  I have to toot my own horn here because I actually have TWO little tomatoes growing and both the pepper and the zucchini have major bulbs and flowers on both which have to mean they’ll sprout veggies…right?!

So, that’s my challenge I’ve taken on this summer.  Here’s hoping that in the next month or so I’ll be posting pictures of my plate with the veggies I’ve grown myself! :o)