I don’t think you can say I have a green thumb but I do have something growing on my balcony. For Christmas, a student gave me some packets of seeds. One packet was marigolds and I can’t remember what was in the other packet. A few weeks ago I decided to plant the seeds to see if I could get them to grow. I’ve never planted anything from seeds before. I’ve always gone to Home Depot and bought plants already growing and simply transplanted them into the pots. So I planted the seeds and a few days ago they started breaking the surface. I just sprinkled the seeds in the dirt, pushed the dirt around a bit, and watered them. And that’s what I have growing so far. You can see in the picture that I have something growing! You can also see I have a planted dwarf dahlia in the small white pot. Next to that are the marigolds and then the other plants. I don’t know what they are. I guess I’ll see when they begin to grow flowers. I hope they do. I hope the marigolds actually bloom too. I have the plants growing but who knows if they will actually bloom into flowers. I guess I shouldn’t start scrubbing that green off my thumb until the flowers begin to appear. And I guess I’ll have to learn the names of the flowers once I see what they are. I need to learn more about the plants I see and those I have growing.