All said, I think I'm a pretty lucky gal

catwabbit · January 11, 2010

Hello to all at Tomatoville! You won't know me, as I really haven't posted. Oh, I've read all the forums for quite some time now (and almost feel like I actually know more than a few of you). I've grown lots of veggies and flowers from seed with terrific result. The thing is, I've lived in apartments all my adult life, with no place to actually have a garden of my own. All my plants went to other homes, so I didn't really feel I had anything to contribute here.

All that changed last June, when my husband and I bought our first house (first for me, he's owned before). He's known about my lifelong dream of having a big vegetable garden, and he's bound and determined to make it happen. That man spent a good part of the day yesterday outside in 30 degree F weather (this is a man who thinks 70 degrees is chilly) building 6 of 8 raised beds for me. I started a big variety of tomato seeds on Thursday night, with germination at 80% as of Sunday morning (peppers and eggplants hopefully to follow suit soon). Best yet: the kittens haven't yet figured out how to get to the seedlings for a little light snacking!

It's been a tough fall/winter since I injured myself at work; I've been off work since late September (and officially dropped from my RN job as of mid-December), had rotator cuff surgery on one arm and surgery to rebuild an arthritic thumb joint on the opposite hand. I don't know if there'll be a job to go back to when recovery is done. But dare I say it, this is the first time in a long time I'm feeling pretty positive and actually happy right in this moment -- and believe me I'm an experienced worrier.

It seems like a simple thing, growing a garden, but sometimes it's so much more. So many of you have been a real inspiration to me, if only because I see again and again that gardening makes *you* happy in the moment too. That seems to be a precious, precious thing in today's world.

So thanks, and keep a good thought that I'm hopefully as good at growing things as I am starting them from seed.

Charlotte

January 11, 2010	#1
catwabbit Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Fort Worth,Texas 8a Posts: 20	All said, I think I'm a pretty lucky gal Hello to all at Tomatoville! You won't know me, as I really haven't posted. Oh, I've read all the forums for quite some time now (and almost feel like I actually know more than a few of you). I've grown lots of veggies and flowers from seed with terrific result. The thing is, I've lived in apartments all my adult life, with no place to actually have a garden of my own. All my plants went to other homes, so I didn't really feel I had anything to contribute here. All that changed last June, when my husband and I bought our first house (first for me, he's owned before). He's known about my lifelong dream of having a big vegetable garden, and he's bound and determined to make it happen. That man spent a good part of the day yesterday outside in 30 degree F weather (this is a man who thinks 70 degrees is chilly) building 6 of 8 raised beds for me. I started a big variety of tomato seeds on Thursday night, with germination at 80% as of Sunday morning (peppers and eggplants hopefully to follow suit soon). Best yet: the kittens haven't yet figured out how to get to the seedlings for a little light snacking! It's been a tough fall/winter since I injured myself at work; I've been off work since late September (and officially dropped from my RN job as of mid-December), had rotator cuff surgery on one arm and surgery to rebuild an arthritic thumb joint on the opposite hand. I don't know if there'll be a job to go back to when recovery is done. But dare I say it, this is the first time in a long time I'm feeling pretty positive and actually happy right in this moment -- and believe me I'm an experienced worrier. It seems like a simple thing, growing a garden, but sometimes it's so much more. So many of you have been a real inspiration to me, if only because I see again and again that gardening makes you happy in the moment too. That seems to be a precious, precious thing in today's world. So thanks, and keep a good thought that I'm hopefully as good at growing things as I am starting them from seed. Charlotte