Green thumb, brown thumb, black thumb–which do you have? I have always stuck myself in the brown thumb category. Definitely not a master gardener, yet I manage to keep most hearty plants alive both indoors and out. However, this hasn’t always been the case. In fact, the shade of my thumb was much darker in college. Back then I was dating a guy whose thumb was a lot greener than my own (sure, he worked in a flower shop, but did so for the money, not because he had any interest in horticulture). His apartment was filled with houseplants, many … Continue reading →