Green thumb

Some people were meant to keep beautiful plants and nurture them to grow and produce beautiful petals, tasty vegetables, or aromatic herbs. And some people can bring death to any plant, anywhere just simply by thinking about that plant for longer than 1 second. I am one of the latter.

I was just introduced to egg, tomato, basil, and goat cheese paninis.  In an effort to recreate this sandwich in my own kitchen, I decided that it would be a good time to try to grow basil again. Last time I had a basil plant, it was kept alive for about 3 weeks only because my roommate Courtney also made an effort to take care of it. Well, this time I was on my own as a caretaker. I went to Harris Teeter and for $2.99 bought a basil plant.  In my head, I figured 3 bucks for a lifetime of basil was probably worth it. In reality, this is what happened in exactly one week:

I followed the instructions. I just don't understand. Sorry, little basil plant, for bringing you home to your doom.