The juggling club at school has their own community garden that's a really neat concept. People can rent a plot for $1 a semester and grow whatever they want: vegetables, flowers, etc. and scattered around the garden there are kumquat trees, rosemary and scuppernong and muscadine grapes for everyone to enjoy. It's a really great idea. I was there a few weeks ago, and I really appreciated the creativity and beauty of some people's plots. I would never have thought to use an old bike wheel for my bean plants or gourds, but it's an awesome idea! Other found or reused objects that they used were old Mardi Gras beads and these strange golden baton-like things. I like to think that it really adds some flair to the garden, and maybe I'll use their ideas in my own newly planted garden!
I've always loved sunflowers, especially the really enormous ones with blooms bigger than your head that just seem so amazingly cheerful somehow. I'm also a fan of sunflower seeds, but I never really thought twice about where they come from. I never knew that sunflower seeds came from the inside, black part of the flower itself! Isn't nature kind of amazing? I wonder how delicious home grown, home roasted sunflower seeds would be? Maybe this will be my gardening endeavor next spring.
No comments:
Post a Comment