This has been the best year for growing. These sweet, juicy papayas went from seed to table in just a year. 🌱💚

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A small floral arrangement of 2 dark pink zinnias & 3 (white, lavender & pink) petunias

I'm really not happy with my garden towers & it's all because I 2nd & 3rd guessed myself when it came to the layout. So to feel better I made a lil flower arrangement with zinnias & petunias to sit on my sewing table. #patiogardener #containergardener

When gardeners garden,
it is not just plants that grow,
but the gardeners themselves.
-Ken Drouse
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Me thinking I could sleep in late knowing I have a garden to tend is hilarious. It's already getting hotter than the devil's right armpit & it's only mid May. Let me go water & rotate these grow towers before I regret not doing it sooner. 🙄😩 #patiogarden #containergardener

I didn't need a miniature rose bush but I purchased one anyway. 😩🤦🏾‍♀️ One of the tomato plants is dying along w/the thyme next to it. Gonna rip those out tomorrow & plant another pepper plant & start more lemon basil to replace the thyme.🤷🏾‍♀️ Still not messing with those strawberries. 🙄 #containergardener

So my chives didn't germinate because I had them uncovered like lavender seeds. Oops 😬

Let's try this again. 😏🤭

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One day I'll remember to label the things I plant out instead of hoping to remember what stuff is where. 🙄 Anyway I'm completely in love with lemon basil it smells & tastes amazing. I might need a 2nd plant. 😬 #containergardener #patiogardener

A coral orange jewel Nasturtium flower surrounded by green round leaves with off center lines

Small flowers with yellow petals and spots of burgundy near the center surrounded by green pointy leaves

A purple, white & yellow flower surrounded by lots of green leaves

A orange jewel Nasturtium

#flowerfriday The #Nasturtiums are everything I wished for. The #NaughtyMariettaMarigolds are petite & pretty but can we have a bit of noise for this lil #johnnyjumpupviola? 🥰 Oh & the lavender plants flowered but I figured y'all were sick of seeing them. 😬 #containergardener #patiogardener

An orange Nasturtium flower starting to bloom.

This is my first time growing #Nasturtiumflowers & I'm already in love with the color on this bloom starting to open. They will be a staple from now on. #patiogardener #containergardener

Picture of American Seed microgreens, salad mix.

Picked up some more seeds from Dollar Tree to pass out end of summer for fall/winter gardening. These are the same seeds that you can buy individually & if you don't mind the surprise variety this works great. #letsgrowtogether #patiogardener #containergardener

In 2016 I tried growing a garden for the 1st time. I made paper starter pots from newspaper & toilet/paper towel rolls. Don't ask. 😒 That season was a fail. The pests ate & I didn't. 2024 they ate but not as good. I hope they eat real bad this yr. #pettygardener #patiogardener #containergardener

Black circles around possible flowers on a lavender plant

I think my #lavenderplant is gonna flower!! 👀🥰🥰 I started it last yr from seed. Things like this are what keep me going on my gardening journey. #patiogardener #containergardener

Only I would purchase a 100 ft hose that only needs to go from my sink to the patio. 😒 Hose is so damn long there was hardly any water coming out of it because I could barely straighten it. 😫🤦🏾‍♀️ Back to dipping my watering can in a bucket for now. #patiogardener #containergardener

Why did I just realize yesterday that one of my strawberry plants is of the alpine variety. I was watering my tower & plucking off dead/dying leaves when I noticed the leaves & flowers were so much different from the rest of them. I need to do better. 🤦🏾‍♀️ #patiogardener #containergardener

A unknown tree sampling in the sun growing in a small pot

I also have a unknown to me tree I'm growing that's doing good. All the leaves fell off this winter & they're back. The story of the sapling is it started sprouting someplace where I didn't plant & wanted to see what it was so I rehomed it to a different spot. 🤷🏾‍♀️ #patiogardener #containergardener

That's it, I'm getting an auger drill bit to break up roots in my containers from now on because doing it with a garden knife ain't it. #gardenchores #patiogardener #containergardener

My last expected frost day is April 10 so of course I ordered last wk Culantro seeds. 😒

Oh & hate the potting soil me & the kid hauled up the stairs but I'm gonna use it because I'm not struggling to take it down the stairs. 🤷🏾‍♀️
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I'm holding a purple radish in the sun.

Look at this pretty lil purple radish I grew!! 🥰 #patiogardener #containergardener

Prepare for a screen shot, you will definitely want to try this recipe!

Follow this recipe, or make it your own and let us know what you think.

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The down side of being a #containergardener on a patio is space & realizing you in fact CANNOT grow all the things. I still managed to start a good amount of seeds. So many flowers, 3 varieties of sweet peppers & 4 varieties of tomatoes. 🥰