Do you eat? Then you ought to try and put a seed in the dirt and see what happens. Good morning. Gardening is such a wonderful hobby I hope you will consider it. Does it seem like the only people that garden are those that learned as children or grew up on a farm? There are many wonderful aspects to gardening as a hobby, but my favorite is that there is no wrong way to garden, so get started. If you are outside, you are doing it! Whatever works for you is right, do something and see what happens. Observe and learn. Ok, Lisa, fine. But where do I start. Well, at this time of year in Houston, TX, I recommend putting a garlic clove in the ground. This is a subset of gardening that I call grocery store gardening. That is where you take an item from the grocery store and grow it at home. The best item to start with is garlic. Just grab the largest best looking clove of garlic off of your counter and stick it 5 inches down in the dirt. It is that simple. If you want to do more than one, plant them 6 inches apart. We have had such luck with garlic that planting, harvesting, and eating are a part of our family tradition. You can see how our bed is doing below- garlic just sprouted – stay tuned to see how the bed grows.
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