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Learning to be an urban gardener with Meadow.

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

I have a yard for the first time in about 15 years. The yard is awesome, especially considering how close I live to Downtown Los Angeles– but the ground is all brick and cement and before meeting Meadow, I didn’t think it would be possible for me to actually grow food in the yard (partially because of the cement, and partially because I thought that I didn’t have a ‘green thumb’.)

Now, everyday I get to throw some stuff from the Meadow into the mix at dinner– and last weekend, for the first time we cooked a meal from the Meadow. I can’t even begin to describe how good that felt (and tasted)!   I realize now that the whole ‘green thumb’ thing seems to me to be a myth. All it really takes is learning about plants (what they like and dislike), remembering to water them, and Meadow’s breathable felt and self-watering reservoir really does help too. Before growing edibles with meadow I could keep a basil plant alive for a few weeks max, and I couldn’t keep cilantro alive if my life depended on it. But as I plant more and more yummies in the Meadow, and learn more about plants, I truly am becoming an urban gardener– and it feels awesome! (and my cat, Luda really loves the Meadow too, especially since we planted some fresh catnip just for him.)

 

Until Next time…xoxo

~J (AKA the Plant Rookie)

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The Plant Rookie

Friday, March 11th, 2011

Even though I’ve been passionate plants for a while, admittedly, I don’t know too much about them. Today, here at Woolly headquarters we got our hands dirty and learned a bit about plants from our resident expert, Stephanie while we all planted our own “Tina” Pockets. Here are a few things I learned that I didn’t know before:

1. I learned about Bromeliads. (For those of you who are new to all this plant stuff, like me– the Bromeliads are a tropical plant, and a great example of a Bromeliad that we are all really familiar with is the Pineapple. What? I know, I was shocked too…) I also learned that Bromeliads like to be watered through their cones. See Stephanie? I was listening ;-)

2. I also learned that succulents (one of my favorite plant types) don’t need their roots to survive. You can pick pieces off of a succulent and let it dry for 1-2 days, and then replant it, and the roots will grow again. Rad right? It’s like the never-ending story.

3. I also learned about plants that get root-bound. This is when the plant grows for too long in it’s container and the roots grow around and around and become all tangled and then have no more room to grow. Plants love Pockets because plants don’t get root-bound in Pockets.

So that’s it for planting 101. More to come. Promise.
With Love,

The Plant Rookie,
Justina

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