green thumb?

On a beautiful day like today, excitement starts to fill me about the spring coming, and more specifically: gardening :) Do I have a green thumb? not really, but I get so excited about watching things grow. This last summer, my first summer spent in Manhattan, I had the joy of a little garden in the back yard and some flower pots on the front porch. Flowers:I had marigolds, petunias, black-eyed suzannes, purple floss-flower and zinnias (i can't believe I didn't have snap dragons!) Vegetables: I had 4 cherry tomato plants, 4 hills of zucchini, 3 rows of green beans November of this last semester I got some tulip bulbs in the ground, and I am eagerly anticipating their blooms this Spring! I was thrilled to see that some of the bulbs @ the pres. res. were already coming up. When I was raking and mulching winter fallen leaves last week, I noticed these tiny green shoots poking through the ground. I don't know what kind of flower they are because I didn't work this part of campus last spring, but I can't tell you how delighted I was to see them there. so delicate and unexpected in January. My tulips should be up in late March or April, something to look forward to. I'm debating on planting a garden again this year. My lease here in Manhattan ends with July, meaning that I would leave anything in the ground for the new tenets, which I guess is fine. I was debating planting in pots as an alternative. What to plant? zucchini and green beans again for sure, maybe some peas, and some spices: basil, chives, and mint for making sun tea :). 4 cherry tomato plants was too many, so one or two this year, and I'd go for some Roma tomatoes instead; Romas are really good on salad. so yeah, I'm so excited for what's coming!