I’ve got an obsession… with homegrown vegetables. I think that if everyone in the world just grew their own vegetables, all our problems would magically be solved, and we would finally achieve world peace.
No, I’m kidding. That would never happen. But homegrown produce really is outstanding and I decided to jump on the ‘natural/organic/green’ bandwagon all them folks are raving about, and grow some of my own stuff this year…
I live in a VERY tiny flat. Have I mentioned that before? I don’t think so. But I do. So, its not like I can have window boxes full of fruits and veggies, and since we rent said flat, I can’t exactly go and dig up some 20X20 garden. So I have to settle for growing stuff in containers on my front porch. I swear it doesn’t look that tacky, really. I decided to start small this year, because I have NEVER grown my own produce/herbs before…and I was nervous. (And my parents grow just about every vegetable under the sun, as does my next door neighbor, so really, who needs ANOTHER tomato plant???) So, I just have one container…and some small pots…but still. That container and those pots are my babies and I treat them as such. I’ve got 3 different varieties of lettuce, chives, banana peppers, parsley and basil. They’ve been going for a few months now, and I just have to say that I’ve got myself quite a green thumb… Check out my before and after pictures of my lettuce…its quite scary/my pride and joy.
The herbs are all doing great except for the parsley I was growing in my window…that duded out. Oh, and my banana peppers. And I had to buy another basil plant and the chives sort of shriveled up. But, who’s judging, right? My lettuce turned out so therefore, I have a green … pinky, I suppose...
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