Inch by Inch

Well, I guess it's about time I picked up a new hobby. How's gardening sound?

Actually, that sounds like a terrible idea.  I'm really not that great with plants. See, I got this nifty little flower pot as a housewarming gift.

The reason the pot is empty is because the houseplant that came in it died.

I'm not sure how it happened, exactly. I woke up one morning, and the leaves had gone brown and limp. I watched it carefully, watered it, wrapped it up in a blanket, and fed it with chicken soup. Poor thing never recovered.

So I thought I'd try again.  I lined the bottom of the flower pot with rocks to better facilitate drainage... or something. I'll admit, I'm not too clear on how this all works yet.  But I have to say, it looks like it's working so far:

Those little green things weren't there last week!

Oh, and then there's this thingies I've been working on:

I bought a bunch of these rough-looking paving stones from Lowes to build a little planter bed in my back yard. It's really little, but that's the point. If I'm going to try to grow a bunch of living little things, I'd like to limit my liability when they all die horrible, malnurished deaths.

I'm not quite done with the little garden wall yet. I've got two course of stones laid down and glued together with Elmer's, but I'll need to build it up at leastne more level, I think.

One more trip to the hardware store!