A seed is a powerful thing. Its small, full of energy, and can grow into a fantastic life form. Some bloom into colorful flowers, others grow rich fruit from its stems. Others barely ever change as they last year after year, hardy against the environment they live in. They take many forms and live all around us.
I really started investing in plants last year when I bought a plant from my college's plant sale. It was a little geranium, with no flowers but it rose from a pot with a tag that said Windigo. I raised this plant in my dorm room for the rest of the year and within that time it blossomed into a beautiful flower. It was extravagant with large stems full of magenta pedals that really brightened up my room and a part of my life.
The success from the little geranium led me start growing giant sunflowers in my room, fourteen of them. I planted them when I got home and started on so many other plants. Filling fifteen whole pots full of blossoming flowers and growing vegetables.
Every time one of my plants grows new flowers, new leaves, or a new bud it is just a small piece of joy and excitement. Its rewarding to have so much success from something that you dedicate yourself to. It keeps me motivated to continue working on plants and to remind myself that hard work does pay off.
