No Green Thumb? Forget Gardening

I have often wondered whether there is any scientific proof that some people actually have what has been termed “a green thumb.” It certainly seems that some people are blessed with the ability to grow about anything about anywhere, while others of us, as in yours truly, have been threatened with legal action for cultivating what are known as “noxious weeds.” How was I to know that pretty purple flower in my garden had the potential of taking over the planet? That guy I met in the back alley who sold the seeds to me never mentioned anything about that. And once it was pointed out I was growing an illegal plant I was perfectly willing to pull it out. I think dangling the 90-day jail sentence over my head was a little excessive. But then again, time in the penitentiary would have given me a good chance to catch up on my reading. Gardening books, of course. Whenever we get to this point in the growing season and I see the abundance of other people’s gardens while I am still trying to coax a puny carrot out of mine, I start feeling resentful/ Kathy Hedberg , Lewiston Tribune. More here.

Question: Do you think there’s such a thing as a “green thumb”?