Remembering my grandpa's old greenhouse in Tucson

He showed me a tiny, spiky cactus when I was maybe ten, and said, 'This one's been here longer than you... it just sits and waits for rain.' It was in a cracked clay pot on a wooden bench, and he never watered it much. That simple line stuck with me more than any plant fact I learned later. Anyone else have a small moment like that that got them hooked on plants?

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xena_fox392d ago

My dad's basil plant on our kitchen windowsill got me into gardening.

miamitchell2d ago

Wait, what did you grow first?

the_pat1d ago

Hold up, your dad actually kept a basil plant alive indoors? That's wild. Mine killed a cactus in two weeks. Every herb he touched just turned to yellow mush. A windowsill basil surviving feels like a miracle story.