I love tulips. At our last house we planted a few hundred tulips and the spring was breathtaking. Wanting to duplicate the beauty, we planted well over 100 tulips last fall. Most, we planted on the little hill between our house and the water. About a dozen, we planted in the front yard. All winter I looked forward to that couple of weeks of tulip grandeur.I guess the deer look forward to spring, as well. I was unaware that tulips were like dessert for a deer. We enjoyed the leaves of our tulips for a few days, but as soon as the bulbs appeared, all that remained of the tulips in the back yard (and my vision) are broken stems and uprooted bulbs.
These two tulips are the lone survivors of the two big bags of bulbs. (To the left you can see the remains of two others.)The title of my post is a quote I found. I'm not sure what to make of it. Where do me and my failed gardening attempts fit into that quote.
As I looked for a quote for this posting, I found a few I'd like to share.
"I garden, therefore I am." Whatever.
"A garden is a friend you can visit anytime." This is great if you purposely want to spend your time with a friend that screams at you that you're a failure.
"He who plants a garden, plants happiness."
"A garden is a mirror to the heart." This one is particularly disturbing. My heart must be a weedy, neglected, depressing place.
But here I go again. This is my square foot garden. I was assured in Relief Society that ANYONE can be successful with a square foot garden. We'll see.
Just in case anyone feels that they should get excited for me because of the growing cabbage and swiss chard, don't. The swiss chard came already looking almost this big and Joe grew the cabbage at school. I'm just trying not to kill it.
See these little green things popping up? I'm hoping that since the soil was put into the box free of weeds that they are, in fact, beets. That would be exciting for me. I'm hoping that is true and that our ridiculous wind hasn't blown in any unwelcome plants. Unfortunately, I've never been able to tell if these little sprouts are veggies or weeds. I hope to be successful this year. I'm having faith!
