I was talking to Rupert (my brother) a few days ago about simplicity. He mentioned cooking simple meals with very few ingredients, but having the ingredients be the best possible. I said, that should start with your own garden.
For years, I've been struggling to figure out, unsuccessfully, how to get my family and I into a house with a decent amount of land. This is very difficult on a low budget in the UK, pretty much impossible actually, so we have made do with a wee front garden of some 20 sq. meters. Last year, my first ever attempt at growing herbs in the mud out front failed. My efforts were defeated by a high-IQ slug who chomped through the few sprouting things that poked their heads through the soil. I found him asleep in the wide flower pot I was using at night to cover the small seedlings from slug attack. I was unwittingly carrying him to his evening's repast. Sweet deal for the slug, but I didn't enjoy discovering I'm the Homer Simpson of gardening.
Success this year though. I switched operations to a big flower pot that I keep on the roof of my shed. It's the new and improved SAP I use (Slug Avoidance Program) – and it works! I have flourishing basil, sage and chives.
And here's the thing: they taste absolutely amazing. So intense, nothing like what you buy from the store.
It's the small things that matter. Now I have great big plans for the future of my small garden.
Pasquale, I don't have any prohibitions or annoying settings on comments. I am sorry it's giving you a hard time but I don't see anything on my end that could be causing it.
I was talking to Rupert (my brother) a few days ago about simplicity. He mentioned cooking simple meals with very few ingredients, but having the ingredients be the best possible. I said, that should start with your own garden.
For years, I've been struggling to figure out, unsuccessfully, how to get my family and I into a house with a decent amount of land. This is very difficult on a low budget in the UK, pretty much impossible actually, so we have made do with a wee front garden of some 20 sq. meters. Last year, my first ever attempt at growing herbs in the mud out front failed. My efforts were defeated by a high-IQ slug who chomped through the few sprouting things that poked their heads through the soil. I found him asleep in the wide flower pot I was using at night to cover the small seedlings from slug attack. I was unwittingly carrying him to his evening's repast. Sweet deal for the slug, but I didn't enjoy discovering I'm the Homer Simpson of gardening.
Success this year though. I switched operations to a big flower pot that I keep on the roof of my shed. It's the new and improved SAP I use (Slug Avoidance Program) – and it works! I have flourishing basil, sage and chives.
And here's the thing: they taste absolutely amazing. So intense, nothing like what you buy from the store.
It's the small things that matter. Now I have great big plans for the future of my small garden.
Thank you for some nice everyday happenings. This was comforting :).
Pasquale, I don't have any prohibitions or annoying settings on comments. I am sorry it's giving you a hard time but I don't see anything on my end that could be causing it.