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GARDENING IN THE CITY

i've tried. hard. and i once thought of myself as a person with a green thumb. but i finally said "uncle" to growing herbs inside the loft.

last summer i "grew" 3 different herb gardens. two of them were larger containers with assorted herbs. some of the herbs did ok -- most did not. then i bought a pot of flat-leaf italian parsley from a local gardening store. i guess it brought aphids into the loft because all three pots became quickly infested. down the trash chute. then, at christmas matt and mel got me the chia herb garden. first some of the herbs molded. then all the rest of them came down with something yucky. i was left with one teeny tiny plant.

then i saw the aerogarden infomercial. the aerogarden is a FULLY AUTOMATIC indoor gardening system. go look at it at "aerogrow.com." you fill a water reservoir with water (duh) and the nutrient tablets. the lights go off and on automatically. it is sooooo cool. i told bill about it, but he balked at the high price. about $160. THEN he heard a gardening expert on npr say that it worked nicely for indoor planting. that was all he needed to hear -- a "recommendation" from npr. he ordered it that day. here's a picture of my garden at 17 days. i freaking LOVE this thing.

another thing i love: my elgato eye tv which is allowing me at this very moment to watch "paula's home cooking" in the corner of my computer screen as i'm posting or working.

RE: JACKSON

he's doing great. really wonderful. he should be back in cleveland in early june. he'll be able to transfer to the "buck" in our area. thank you all for your prayers and notes to bill and me about him.

oh. and he posted the other day. do you believe it? jack and i BOTH posting? shut up. just go read and give him some bloggy-love.

Posted by Stacey at April 12, 2007 01:52 PM