Our Balcony Garden

In March Josh bought seeds and supplies so he could start a "greenhouse" in our spare bedroom. He set up a heat lamp above the dresser we keep in there and then potted seeds for flowers, tomatoes and herbs. He also bought a couple strawberry plants for me. We had had fresh strawberries when I was a little girl and I thought it would be fun to have them.

After our greenhouse was set up, Josh diligently watered and fed the seeds until green shoots started to appear. The plants grew quickly after that and it was exciting to see the difference from one day to the next. After we got back from Disneyland, Josh re-potted the plants and put them out on the balcony. A couple weeks later we had our first strawberry. It was small and tart but soo good! Josh was such a gentleman and let me enjoy the whole thing. He's so sweet!


Our herbs died while we were on vacation, but Josh replanted the seeds and now they're doing just fine.


He also strung twine around the posts of the patio, so the tomatoes would have something to grow up on. We planted some jelly bean and grape tomatoes and I was given a regular tomato plant for mother's day from our ward. All of the tomatoes are huge now, but have no flowers on them.