Even though I have the opposite of a green thumb, this year I planted organic cucumbers to see if they would grow. It wasn’t too hard to do. I bought a pot about a foot and a half in diameter, some organic mulch, and planted seven seeds throughout the pot. Within two days, cute little sprouts popped up! It was so exciting. My plan wasn’t to grow enough food to feed my husband and I through the winter, but some cucumbers for our salads would be deliciously wonderful. I am succeeding with that plan. There are still a few more months to go, but the start so far has been fantastic.

If this experiment becomes a gardening success story, then I’m sure I’ll be loading up the pot again. I might even take a gardening course next semester to see if I can make this stick.