Unschooling Blog, Vol. 16: Planting a Small Apartment Garden.
Today my wife and son planted some veggies on the apartment veranda. We've all recently become interested in permaculture farming, and though we are not on a large plot of land in the countryside, my wife wanted to start growing a few veggies here and there.
My son seems to have taken right to it. Upon returning home today, he showed me which planter contained what, and watered the seeds and small plants.
So far, our little project consists of:
- 1 broccoli plant
- 1 carrot
- 1 soon-to-be head of lettuce
- 1 radish
Looking forward to seeing them grow!
(Thanks for stopping by. If you missed the last Unschooling Blog post, about peaceful parenting and hunting for fukinoto, you can read it here)
~KafkA
Graham Smith is a Voluntaryist activist, creator, and peaceful parent residing in Niigata City, Japan. Graham runs the "Voluntary Japan" online initiative with a presence here on Steem, as well as Facebook and Twitter. (Hit me up so I can stop talking about myself in the third person!)
Way to go! Don't forget you can eat all those lettuce shoots while they're still young: all that sowing the seeds wide apart and waiting a month for them to grow big enough to fill in the space you left around them, and then harvesting them individually to eat is bullshit! Sow way more than you think you'll need, and pick them out to make room as they grow: if you sow a few different kinds (lettuce, roquette, mustard leaf, beetroot, chard) you can be eating a nice little salad while you waiting for the others to grow...
Great advice! Thanks!
I get inspired whenever I see this way of gardening! It helps in family bonding and you have food! Thanks for sharing :)
Thanks for this comment. I really agree.
How nice! Good luck with growing!
Thanks!