This is my entry for Edenbuxx' introduction competition.
@a1-shroom-spores/introduce-yourself-to-edenbuxx-100-hive-prize-hive-174122
My first experience growing plants started around 20 years ago.
I decided to give it a try and grow some weed / herbs. Random seeds.
It was interesting, because my grandmother back then was regularly asking me if the "palmy plants" need to have some water and she often took care about them.
By the time I was not set living at one place so for several years it was not easy to start growing anything.
Five or six years after that I started to grow on my balcony where I lived temporary. It was weed again. This time ~ special papaya variety seeds bought from the UK. It was a success.
Experimenting with herbs became interesting to me and... right on...
Next year I started my first herbal live plants collection. To germinate and care for some little indigenous and medicinal plants in my small apartment - on a balcony and indoors!
San Pedro cacti seedlings...
Indoor HawaiianBabyWoodrose
and it still spreads around the backyard...
This is a photo from next year's sprouting.

when I could grow a lot of different veggies / greens & fruits
It was sunnier & warmer at the backyard. Now, maybe because of the big pine and other forest trees, the climate and soil are a lot different...
You can see a gallery at my website here: http://trayan.info/nature/garden/
good times are ahead and I'll have a bigger place to practice gardening and enjoy my plans grow