the little avocado that could

avocado plant

We planted our first avocado seed today. Remember way back in April when we put it in a bag of moss? The book said it would take a few weeks to get roots. Ours took a few months. Maybe our laundry room isn’t warm enough?

avocado plant

You’re supposed to have 3-4 inches of roots before planting. Our second avocado seed is really slow. (Sorry I forgot to take a pic of the first seed’s roots.) Back into the bag of moss for that one.

Other green happenings: A friend is traveling a lot this summer and has asked me to look after her strawberry plants. She started them from very special seeds that came all the way from Poland. No pressure, right? So far, so good.

strawberries

Full disclosure: My green thumb isn’t very consistent. The neglected tomato plant is thriving, but not producing any fruit. The cucumber got snapped in half by The Ol’ Nebraska Winds during a storm. Technically, it’s not my fault, but it’s dead just the same.

ignore your tomato plants and they’ll thrive?

farmers market tomato plant

Last year I may have tried too hard with my tomato and cucumber plants. I gave them tons of TLC and didn’t get much in return.

I got these little plants almost two weeks ago at the Farmers’ Market. I tucked them in the corner on the back porch during a severe thunderstorm and forgot about them for almost a week. Yikes!

But look at them! Still in their plastic container, I’ve got two teeny tiny tomatoes thriving under my neglect. I think I might be on to something here.