I have decided to dive in head first into cultivating my own food. It all started with herbs. I found fresh herbs likes cilantro and basil ultimately reach their demise in the bottom drawer of my fridge. I have been wanting to grow my own vegetables for some time now. Last summerI found some seeds with terra cotta planters on clearance. Thinking it would be a novel idea I bought salad mix and strawberries. I finally planted them a month ago, and found that they are actually alive! Well not so much, actually all I was able to grow in the strawber planter for a month was mold. It recently sprouted the other day, and so my motivation grew like the little sprout out of the mold. Target provided me with more seeds, dang dollar section! I bought basil, tomatoes and peppers. They came in the cutest little pots. Target so helpfully put larger pots next to them, for the later necessary transplant.
Well my lettuce mix thrived, and my brother so helpfully provided me with more seeds. I now can add pumpkin, zucchinni, tomatoes (heriloom and cherry), asparagus and oregeno to the army. Now that everything is officially out of hand, I now need an outdoor garden bed.
All this was an attempt make it easier for me to eat more locally grown produce. I wanted to incorporate more vegetables in my diet, however I find that my ambitious purchases are a bit overzealous. Instead of fresh vegetables supplementing my meals, I usually end up with wilty unusable vegetable sludge. So hopefully with all this effort I will feel more inclined to make sure I use them. Till then, I now look like the crazy plant lady.
