GloryDayz |
05-16-2015 07:00 AM |
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Originally Posted by lewdog
(Post 11502945)
I have a cherry tomato plant and banana pepper plant. Not much work. you'd think a chef of your standards would grow some food. I'm not a green thumb but it's been easy. Sorry I'm not cool for it.
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You're cool (for it). And with young kids, it's a wonderful way to accomplish a lot of great things like, well, time spent together, a great lesson, and even some responsibility. Lord knows letting the rabbits get to the veggies for a while teaches them how some things aren't a set it and forget it deal. So, from tilling the soil, to mixing in the fresh dirt and manure, to planting the seed, to watering, to weeding, to putting up a fence, to picking the produce, to making an almost 100% home-grown salad, there's a lot to be learned from it.
And that applies to any age.
I'm stunned at how many of my neighbors decide to try their hand at gardening, and can't get anything to grow. By year-2 they're hinting at questions at sit-outs of "what do you put in the soil?? I told one lady, I thought jokingly, that I put a rum boundary around the edges to ward-off animals and insects (like the wire fence didn't prove otherwise for the animals part!), and she seriously wanted to know if one rum was better than others... Where was she when I was in high school?!?!?!?! Once we cleared that up, I sent my then 12-year-old down to help her build a raised garden, help her with the soil mixture, put up a fence, and get a late start on the growing season. It worked very well for that year, and the next year she was like you and trying to figure out what to do with it all. Back to the farmers market with a load of free food for others to sell!
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