The other day I was feeling especially sad about not having anything green in my dorm. I don't really have a lot of time to care for anything, or put a lot of money into experimenting with dorm growing. Ideally I'd love to make a window box to grow things in, or get some sort of grow light, but on college campuses that tends to cause suspicion... I would feel scrutinized for growing lettuce! So at Target the other day I saw these little kits for sale for a buck each, so I figured I'd see how they do and then try to scale up: sunflowers, grass, and a tree, which happens to be spruce. So today I planted the seeds and put them by the window. GOOD LUCK LITTLE GREEN THINGS! Next attempt: lettuce in applesauce containers.
the parsley has popped up and the garlic too, at a "bit of earth". this is the hard part of gardening...the p word...patience. LOVE your little garden and your new header. xo
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ReplyDeleteHi Gretta. Sometimes it's easy to be an "accidental" gardener...i felt much the same as you did back (in the stone ages) when i was a freshman at Oberlin, especially since Ohio winters are so long and grey and the land is so flat. I had at least half a grapefruit with breakfast every morning and started saving the seeds and popping them into a pot of soil. I ended up with 6 little grapefruit trees on my windowsill! No growlights, no special care, just a bit of water when i remembered. They added a nice glossy greenness to my world!
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