Sunday, April 21, 2013

Celebrate Earth Day with a Container Garden

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A sense of marvel flooded over me.

On my tiny 4-foot by 6-foot patio,  thumb-sized potatoes grew from old peelings and three Kentucky blue green beans hung ripe on a piece of string attached to my patio chair.

Proudly, holding my agricultural bounty, I turned to show my visiting father.

Without a word, he took one of the beans and with a crunch, bit into it.

“Mmmmm, tastes good.”

A gasp of horror escaped my mouth.

In a flash, one-third of my harvest had disappeared.


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