So
I know its been like a LONG time since I last have posted anything on my blog
and normally I would update things about my family like how we are doing (which
we are doing great), where we are living nowadays (Spanish Fork, Utah), how
Mason is doing (He is doing great! Learns new things hourly it seems like), and
what is new in our lives (nothing really) but this is a different blog! This
blog I am discussing my biggest struggle in life! PP also known as Plant
Problems! I have the hardest time keeping plants alive. For Mother's Day this
year my dad gave me this beautiful rose bush. I was so excited about it...
until I realized that I actually have to keep it alive. I mean give me a fake
flower and somehow because it is in my presence it will find a way to shrivel
up and die. Like my friend Amara says "I couldn't keep a cactus
alive!" If my dad gave me a rose I would feel a little better throwing it
away after a couple of days because it was cut and was already on it's way to
dying, but no... he gave me a gorgeous rose plant. A plant.... A plant that
continues to grow roses so that you never run out of roses unless you're me and
then somehow the whole plant dies. The worse part about this whole thing is
that I have to watch my little innocent plant suffer and slowly lose life. I
knew that I had plant problems before my dad gave me this bush so once he gave
it to me, I was SUPER determined to keep this one alive. I put the best soil in
the pot, I put rocks at the bottom so it doesn't drown, I even put the insides
of a diaper (yes... a diaper) in the soil to keep the moisture in the soil
longer than usual. I mean I went above and beyond the normal measures of
keeping a plant alive..... BUT it still is on its way to the garbage. I mean I
don't know what to do. At the beginning I watered it everyday and then it
started dying ok maybe I'm watering it
too much so I'll back off a little so I did and then it seems like it was
dehydrated. What the heck! These plants are more demanding then my toddler! So
I read online about mini rose bushes. They can get sun burnt. Umm ok so should
I put sunscreen on the leaves? I mean what the heck I thought plants were the
easiest things in the world but somehow I am able to keep my 2 year old alive
and well but can't figure out for the life of me how to keep a daggum rose bush
from wilting. Here are some pictures so show how unfortunate this plant is to
have entered my life.
Moss or mold growing on the soil... I can grow mold but can't keep a plant from dying how sad :(
Look at those sun burnt leaves! Dang maybe I should've put SPF 1000 on them.
Now these leaves aren't sun burnt.... they are just dead or on their way to dying.
See the left door that's mine, the right door that's my neighbor. See her plant..... if that plant somehow were to be 10 feet to the left it would recognize that it's on my property and die. Even if I did the exact same thing my neighbor did. Water it every day, put it out in the sun.... it would just hold it' breath and suffocate.