I love plants. I love nurturing a seed until it sprouts, planting it in soil until the seedling is a small bud. Repotting and replanting. I used to replant in fields, but now I replant in pots, window boxes, and balcony garden beds my brother so graciously made for me :) it looks much different than it did not too long ago. My balcony is crowded with pots and boxes where little leaves and vines are growing. I have to rotate pots to ensure each side gets access to the sun, water them, and then wait.
There really is only so much I can do. Once the seeds are planted - I water them, give them light, and move them inside when the weather drops then move them back outside for sunshine. Then I wait... there's only so much I can actually do. I do the best I can, but I couldn't tell why half of my seedlings didn't sprout. They were treated the same as the other half but they just didn't sprout. There wasn't anything I could've done different because their siblings were fine. It's a funny thing.
It's spring now and my plants are budding - well those that survived. But it's going well for now. It'll probably still be a few more months before I reap any benefit of my labor. I planted potatoes, onions, basil, tomatoes, oregano, and squash - or at least I think. I don't exactly remember. However, I'm excited for whatever I can get... I'm just not counting on everything growing. I had a balcony garden last year - I got potatoes and a few strawberries, nothing else bloomed. Things sprouted, but nothing bloomed. I don't know why.
Gardening is a funny thing. You could do everything right and still not have a 100% harvest. But that's just life. We put time, energy, effort, we pour our all into caring and growing, sprouting and blooming to the best versions of ourselves, but just like seedlings - we don't always grow. Sometimes I just have to give myself patience. It may take a few more months before I reap benefits of fostering my own self.
Oh, but I love spending my time in my balcony garden. I love whole, fresh grown produce and it means so much to me to grow what I can. I'm excited for summer - the months and energy of fostering growth, summer will bloom a beautiful garden on my balcony and in me.
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