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The upkeep of a kitchen garden is a good therapy for the mind.
Posted 09:07, Sunday 07 May 06.
[Saturday 6th May 2006]
In the morning I went with Christelle and our son Brinsley to a (plant) nursery in order to get seedlings for my small kitchen garden. We live in a flat and so my stepparents offered me to do it in their garden. They alloted to me a plot of land of about 6 square meters. It isn't much (they're a bit stingy there), but enough to grow 12 tomato plants, 4 sweet pepper plants, a few onions and some herbs such as basil (3 varieties), thyme, chive and mint.
The seedlings I got are organic. And so is my kitchen garden. I produce my own compost from our kitchen refuse and I forbid myself to rely on insecticides or chemical fertilizers. I mainly resort to carnations which I plant in between. They are known to be good aphid repellents.
I believe gardening, the upkeep of a kitchen garden in particular, is a good therapy for the mind. I am deeply convinced that, in psychiatric hospitals, it would be a nice way to help patients getting better. For it allows you to "make up" with Mother Nature. It is very important. Also, it enables you to gain confidence as you grow things. And there is nothing healtier than the pride you get when you eat your own fruits, your own veggies.
Comment 1:
What a delightfully wholesome article Sheri - I feel purer somehow for just having read it.
I too have a (somewhat more modest) kitchen garden on my balcony in Tokyo as you may have seen. I agree, tending to it is very cathartic.
Whether or not I am brave enough to eat the end result though, given the air quality etc, remains to be seen!
Posted by John, 09:42, Sunday 07 May 06
Comment 2:
Splendid motives there Sheri! I quite agree. Joc is the gardener in our family, though I'm often called in to do the construction and heavy digging. She has a small kitchen garden too and the results are lovely. We just have to keep the slugs and the cats away!! :)
Posted by Nigel, 09:52, Sunday 07 May 06
Comment 3:
Oh and certainly NOT pathetic! It looks fine to me. Ours is probably smaller!
Posted by Nigel, 10:04, Sunday 07 May 06
Comment 4:
Gee, thanks Zutrex! And thank you too Nigel. Always nice to know that what you write makes people feel better.
It confirms me in my opinion that we are a presso poco on the same wavelenght...
(Though, I admit, we are quite different... luckily for you!)
Posted by Sheri, 10:10, Sunday 07 May 06