Today, Rose and I got creative together. We decided to plant some petunias in an old stone planter on the front porch that basically was a repository for a salsa jar that had been housing a spider that Charles caught in the house and didn’t want to kill two years ago, and no one has looked in the jar since then. (It is possible I am a little weird about any bug with more than six legs. Pretty much think all arachnids are creepy.)
So I put the jar in the recycling (without looking in it) and Rose and I picked up some flowers on the way home from school to put in this and an empty window planter that also was looking pretty sorry. Rose is a great helper and takes gardening very seriously. She gets that from her Grandma and her Great-Aunts.  I got skipped with the whole green-thumb gene though my saving grace is outdoor gardening with extremely hardy, low maintenance plants. Basically things that mostly take care of themselves. Let’s just say that I value independence in both plants and children.
So hopefully these petunias will do okay if they are a little neglected. Though my lovely daughter will probably remind me to water them.
Tags: 30daysofcreativity, postaweek2011