Oh yes - and I got married! In a lovely ceremony full of vintage touches, naturally. That, and a new job, has dramatically impacted my ability to update this space with the latest and greatest of time-tested kitchen treasures (though they continue to filter through our Etsy shop, as always).
As we've settled into our married life, we've both firmly decided that one of the things we dislike most about being renters is the inability to have a garden. We've lived in some amazing spaces over the years - a cozy walk-up in Manhattan, a converted tobacco warehouse loft in Kentucky, an quasi-subterranean apartment within walking distance of Seattle's best lookout - but the one thing we've never had is a garden. Heck, the closest we've come to a patio is a fire-escape. This year I am determined to remedy that.
Apartment gardening can be accomplished with a little ingenuity. We converted the underutilized space in our bathroom into a greenhouse. My penchant for hot showers keeps the temperature and humidity slightly warmer than the rest of the house - perfect conditions for seedlings and young plants. And on these dreary winter days, a shock of green really does help me keep my sanity.
If you've ever considered starting your own plants from seeds - do it! It's not at all as difficult as you might think and in fact, this is the time (in the northern hemisphere anyway) to start thinking about your garden. I got an early start because I simply couldn't wait any longer (we'll see how that works in the long-run) but this means you can follow along with the blogs and be right on pace for spring and summer harvests.
Nature is pretty forgiving provided you have all the basic ingredients; survival of the fittest indeed! As they say, the grass is greenest where you water it.
Stay tuned for the next post: How to Set Up an Indoor Greenhouse
