Whatever is the opposite of a green thumb, I have it. This year, though, in preparation for the cataclysm, I decided to learn how to grow my own veggies, on my little porch. This weekend I had the first chance to enjoy the fruits of my labor.
My first tomato:
Comparison shopping: store bought vs. home grown:
My first chili pepper, the stunningly hot firecracker piquin:
If I can do this, anyone can.
If we all can do this, maybe we’ll survive the cataclysm yet.
June 30, 2008 at 5:33 pm
This post is making me crave salad. And it takes a lot to make me crave salad.
June 30, 2008 at 6:33 pm
What amazed me most is that my little home grown tomato actually tasted like a tomato. Do you even remember what they taste like? Nothing like those red styrofoam things they sell at the grocery store.
July 13, 2008 at 6:20 pm
awwww!!!!
it’s easy, isn’t it! — i always have tomatoes at least….
bet it was fab!
July 14, 2008 at 9:31 am
Have you seen today’s LA Times?
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-cubafarm14-2008jul14,0,718750.story
If they can do it in Cuba, we can do it here.
July 14, 2008 at 12:23 pm
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