Monday, April 6, 2009

"The Germinator"

I love this article that appeared in the NY Times last week. The dialogue about what to grow gave me a laugh and artichokes are to Michael Tortorello as asparagus is to me - although he is clearly more courageous. Also, there are some bright sides to the recession, huh? More time with friends and family, less careless consumption, and a potential 20% increase in first-time household food gardens.

And while we're talking about household gardens, here are a few early shots of mine. Hopefully I'll have some extra kale to leave on the doorsteps of justsaying supporters.

2 comments:

Niko said...

I hope your garden brings many vegetables to the table, however you may want to consider a netting of some sort with wildlife the way it is today from less and less space to roam it would not be unheard of to see a deer in your front yard munching on your kale. Although, that we would be cool too. JS

Deborah said...

Good point. Maybe I will just put up some signs directing the deer to their usual menu/garden item of choice:

ATTENTION DEER - THIS HERE IS KALE AND ICEBERG. WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS CALLED "HOSTA" AND IT'S AROUND THE CORNER ---->
THANK YOU!

;-)