Consider Growing Fruits and Veggies...

Home Grown Strawberries

I spent some time on Monday Harvesting my Crops. No not Farmsville, the ever so addictive game on facebook, no for the better part of five years I've been growing my own fruits and veggies. Back in October I wrote about my first home grown salad. But I enjoy growing plants. I know I'll never be self reliant, but I think its pretty awesome being able to eat food that I grow. And I don't have some amazing backyard or any backyard to speak of. I have a patio that has planters t hat have harvested all kinds of fruits and veggies over the years. When my strawberries ripe, I harvest them and freeze them. When I have a enough, I used them to make strawberry lemonade. So tasty.

Green Onions

The other thing that has become one of the most useful plants I grow are onions.  Now to be honest, I have only plucked one little onion from my garden, but the green onions, chives, whatever you want to call them enhance about 90% of whatever I cook.  From tacos to spaghetti every meal is enhanced by green onion. 

Besides the sense of pride I have from preparing a meal or a treat for my family, I also find it very relaxing harvesting my goods or watering my plants or just taking care of my garden.  When I'm surrounded by my garden, I have that feeling that life is good. 

You should consider growing your own garden.

Consider -- Home Made Salad

You ever hear someone say "I'm going to make a salad."  A salad is what; lettuce, tomatoes, dressing, maybe cheese or croutons?  Can someone really pride themselves on making a salad, when its really so simple?  Salad Bars, so easy children can make a salad.  So making a salad isn't so difficult, unless you are actually... making a salad.

I previously have mentioned how I have a pretty awesome garden.  Well today, I've decided I'm going to make myself a salad... that I actually grew.  Now I don't mean to come off as smug, well maybe a little smug, but this is another satisfying reason why I enjoy my garden.  

And realistically, my girlfriend did the put the salad together, because she's pretty awesome.  She has a great photo blog you should really consider checking out.  She took the picture of the lettuce, the ones bellow I took.  But the salad was so fresh and tasted so good.  I paired it with a very nice Red Baron Pepperoni and Sausage Pizza and some Iced Tea.  What a delicious meal.  Consider growing your own garden.

Consider-- My Garden

My garden has become somewhat of a hobby of mine for quite a few years. What started out as a Strawberry Topsy Turvy that went a wry, to the vast garden it has become, I really have put in some enjoyable work.  Some of the plants in my garden started off as seeds others we bought as younger plants.  Onions, Bell Peppers, Tomatoes, Oregano, Lettuce, and various flowers we all started as seeds.  The Onions have been the most beneficial home grown plant, we use chives cut from the stalk in a lot of the meals we prepare.  The Bell Peppers look like they will need to grow a little more before they will be used for eating.  But I can't wait to be honest.  I love bell peppers.

Although we are growing tomatoes from seeds, we also purchased a tomato plant too.  We use those tomatoes in our meals as well as the chives.  The other plants we've purchased are Strawberries, the Orange Tree, a Plumeria, an Aloe Vera plant, and  a Hibiscus.  Although I haven't yet, I'm tempted to learn the ways of making Hibiscus tea aka Jamaica Drink.  I know we'll never become completely self reliant, but I love the idea of picking fresh fruits and vegetables from my garden and prepare meals for my family.

The hibiscus isn't fragrant, but its very pretty to look at.  Our plumeria looks beautiful and smells equally nice.  And our Orange tree has finally blossomed and the smell is exquisite. 

And although I have no yard to plant my garden, I enjoy laboring daily to water my plants or to pick the fruit from them.  I hope you all might consider growing your own fruits and vegetables