Jacob and I thought we would do something nice for the girls (mom and Kendra), so we decided to plant some flowers and vegetables!
We had a handful of plant pots in our garage and so we decided to fill 3 of them. Two of the plant pots were nice, but the third was a blank slate as it was an unfinished orange.
The plan was to paint the unfinished pot and go to Home Depot and find plants to put in the three pots. We used some paint from the garage, which was a base of teal and we added some black chalkboard paint so that we could also draw on the pot. Here is the planning picture:
We then went to Home Depot and picked up a couple of cheap paint brushes and then went to the plant nursery section. We decided to put some flowers in one pot, and decided on some annuals (always in bloom) called Plumeria. For the other two pots, we decided to get a young cherry tomato plant, and a young jalapeño plant.
We then came home and got to work. Jacob did a good job with the painting (we changed clothes of course) and then we filled the pots with dirt and planted them!
I do not really have a green thumb, but hopefully Jacob and I can keep these alive. The girls loved the surprise as well!
All in all, a fun project and hopefully it will yield some returns in the form of cherry tomatoes and jalapeños! Yum!
Brian