Comments on: The Home Organic Vegetable Garden – Make It Personal

By: KeriAnne

KeriAnne — Mon, 21 May 2012 18:11:26 +0000

Heya! I love French Breakfast radishes. I must say however, if you haven't already tried them, you really should try Philadelphia White Box. They are scrumptious! See the like for what I've been doing with the French Breakfasts paisleycarrot.com/2012/05/whimsical-wednesday
Have a great day!

By: hopflower

hopflower — Sat, 19 May 2012 19:27:09 +0000

Wonderful post this morning, Matt. I encourage all to garden fruit and vegetables as much as I can, too.

Cheap labor? I had to laugh about your comment. Maybe so, but you kids were probably healthier than some of them today who laze around in front of a computer and who have nothing else to do.

My uncles and grandfather in England had wonderful gardens. My mum planted everything too, so I think this is where I got my love of it. Or it could also be osmosis, since we English are supposed to be the world's gardeners after all. But it is a healthy, amazing, and even miraculous thing to be able to plant a small seed and gain so much from it, both spiritually and practically. Your raised beds look wonderful.

By: Felicia

Felicia — Sat, 19 May 2012 17:46:07 +0000

LOL sounds like your dad was a head of his time. You're so right that Gen X & Y lack opportunities to garden. They want it, but the infrastructure isn't there yet. I wrote about this recently over on my blog. I enjoyed your post.

By: Matt Mattus

Matt Mattus — Sat, 19 May 2012 07:31:11 +0000

Hi susan
You know, It was really the post on Apartment Therapy that I was writing about, but that one does link to the poscasts on Fine Gardening, which I started to listen to – they look great, and I encourage everyone to follow the Fine Gardening blog contributors as well as the poscasts. You reminded me though – I still grow celery from seed, just for leaf celery for chicken soup !

By: Michael Brown

Michael Brown — Sat, 19 May 2012 06:46:11 +0000

Thoroughly enjoyed this post, Matt

By: Susan in the Pink Hat

Susan in the Pink Hat — Sat, 19 May 2012 03:32:05 +0000

Sounds like you've been listening to the Fine Gardening Podcast. Being one of these young people growing things, when someone recently asked why I was bothering growing celery from seed, I had to give what I call the 'Mt. Everest' answer: "To see if I can."

By: Unknown

Unknown — Sat, 19 May 2012 03:14:59 +0000

I grew up with around my great-grandmothers and they all taught me a thing or two about always trying to grow something to eat. In my case, Grandma Rosaria was Sicilian so I often chose to grow the varieties of things she grew since they are more difficult to find. I like to add other oddballs too just for fun and I always have my asparagus bed.