Intro
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There’s something amazing about planting seeds and watching them grow. And something even more amazing about it if you can eat what’s growing!
For a lot of people in our modern world, it’s easy to forget that food comes from the ground. But it can very enjoyable to grow some of your own food in whatever little space you can find. Plus, Mason and Marni agree that it tastes better too!
Dialog
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Marni: So did you enjoy those zucchini that I brought?
Mason: I totally did. Did you grow those yourself?
Marni: I did, yes.
Mason: It tastes so much better, right?
Marni: It really does. I’m just all about…well, I’m a pretty low maintenance gardener. I plant it. I water it occasionally. I hope for the best.
Mason: Yeah? Because I’ve been going green thumb crazy with stuff. It started out with some potted things on the balcony and we just recently built a whole square-foot garden in the back yard.
Marni: Yes, very nice.
Mason: Do you know the square-foot garden thing? The SFG?
Marni: Do tell.
Mason: It’s just kind of a layman’s thing, you know, and it’s creating grids, right, foot by foot, and they tell you how kinds of x plant you can put in each grid. It’s just, you know, an idiot’s guide to gardening, but it seems work pretty well.
Marni: And just maximizing your space, it sounds like. You know, living in a city you just want to get the most bang for your buck.
Mason: Right.
Marni: And what about the community garden thing? That’s pretty cool if you don’t have your own space. Do you know anybody who participates in community gardening?
Mason: I don’t know anyone who does gardening communally. I know a lot of people who subscribe to those services where they contact a farm and then once a week they get a basket of farm fresh groceries and it’s whatever they were able to grow.
Marni: I’m just, yeah, wondering about actually participating in the growing process.
Mason: That’s something worth looking into.
Marni: It’s gardening. It’s good.
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Discussion
Marni brought Mason some zucchini from her garden. He said it tasted really good and that he’s been into gardening lately too. He started with pots and has since moved on to a small garden divided into square feet to help him figure out how much to plant.
Some neighborhoods have community gardens where you can work with the people around you to grow some food. Mason also has friends who subscribe to a service that brings them freshly grown produce from nearby small farms. But he and Marni are interested in looking into community gardening to grow more of their own food.
Do you grow any of your own food? Are there community gardens where you live?
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