The City Boy Goes Green

This is quite an adventure I will be undertaking. I, being someone that can kill a plant in seconds flat, will be learning to tend a full garden? To what do I owe this insanity? The thought that at the end of the day... at the end of the season... I will have something to be proud of. I will have something that will give its love back-right back to my belly. I have to admit, I am rather excited.

I spent some time tilling the garden last year; getting the ground ready. I expanded the garden from the former patch to almost three times the size. It is going to be huge.. at least huge to me. Of course, a garden that is bigger than 4 Chia Herb pots is bigger than anything that I have ever planted. (And that Chia Herb Garden got destroyed three days after I started it when I knocked it off the window sill).

Maybe I should see if Brandi knows what she is getting us into...

It is a little secret that this city boy has wanted a little bit of land to "run" on. It has been a vision of mine to have a nice house on some land.. something to sink my time into. It sounds like this summer I am going to be sinking my time and arms into the land... literally.

I expect it to be hard work. I expect to have pains in my muscles and brown patches on my knees and palms most of the summer. I have told Brandi to expect whining and complaining some of the summer too. I know that at the end of the season, I will have burns on my hands from the canning.

Maybe I should see if Brandi knows what she is getting us into...

I also know that I will be eating lots of yummy fresh fruits and vegetables. I know that I will be feeling a fantastic sense of accomplishment. I know that I will be eating and living like a farmer should-adding my touch to the "circle of life"-even if the city is just a half-hour away.

Maybe Brandi already knows what she is getting us into...