Garage Box Gardens

The only interesting gardening-related event the past week was 12 yo son putting spare coconut fiber basket liners to good use. Yes, he's playing a gaming device and yes he's unaware that I took the photo to share with his Grandma. We've always encouraged the children to be creative.

Today I checked on my garden growing in the garage. I have plants growing in boxes, a garbage can and a pail. They all look sprightly to me. That's good because I need all the encouragment I can get now that I've managed to kill another plant. I had no idea the temp would dip that low on the back deck the other night. I forgot I was letting last year's hanging basket get a little suntan. It's a good thing I haven't gotten around to planting everything out back yet.

Do all gardeners have plants destined for the outdoors growing in their garages at this time of year? I don't know what I'll do if the (I don't remember how many I ordered) Cascading Petunias arrive while the weather is too cold for them. I counted six rosebuds on the miniature roses in the garage and they're not even planted yet!