gardening

Wait until you see my garden. I'll put a shot on this blog someday. I should do it soon too because some of the plants have blossomed. It's a thriving garden in my eyes. I don't suppose many people would see it the same. But I love it. There's more out there than I can eat.

Just yesterday I loosened the soil in another garden. It's also here at the apt but I haven't planted anything in it yet. Well, okay, I have. Just yesterday I uprooted six mugwort plants from the forest near my home. I brought them to the garden that I'd already loosened, made a hole for each plant, put them in deep enough to cover the roots, proped them upright, then watered. I looked at them earlier today and they all look fine. One is drooping over a bit but I'm sure it'll be fine.

Mugwort grows all over the place. I've been seeing it since I arrived. It grows all year round, apparently. My boss told me that Mugwort is the first plant to grow in Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the bombings. He says it's considered to be an incredibly hardy plant and very good for your health. I see lots of foods around here in Korea made with the stuff.

I eat it occasionally and it tastes okay. Not great, but not bad. In a green smoothie (fruits and vegetables blended together to taste more fruity than vegetably - delic ;-)) it's fine.

I've got some seeds that friends gave me last year. I'll plant them tomorrow or the next day. They gave me seeds for a kind of mallow, giant radish, chinese cabbage, and snap peas. I'll put probably all of them into the new garden even though this apparently really isn't the season for them.

I also want to grow some lettuces and maybe some spinach too but everyone else planted their spinach long ago and the plants are getting near time to harvest. But maybe it's not too late. I really don't know. I'd like to plant some other vegetables. Probably plant a few tomatoes. We'll see. I've never been crazy about them.