So it’s been almost a month since my decision to become more green.  I am happy to report my herb garden is overflowing!  I would like to say this is because of my impeccable gardening skills but I think it is because of the dirt the nice lady at Walmart told me to buy and my son, Jack, watering and watching all our bounty grow daily.  I am enclosing a picture because I honestly can’t believe how fast everything has grown.  I made a great pork tenderloin using the rosemary, a pico de gallo using the cilantro, our salads have been freshened up with dill and we are making pasta tonight with the basil so all together it really has been a great investment.

Now to the veggie co-op.  I have figured out that this might not be the best route for our family.  When I (actually Martha) sat down and did the math we realized it costs $17/week for each of our boxes of fresh garden vegetables.  But there are two problems.  The first is we are a family of 5 and 3 of us are 13 and under.  There are vegetables in the box I have never encountered, such as kahlrabi (?) and while it is great to expose the kids to new things, they really don’t eat more than a couple of bites.  The second, and really the big problem, is we pick up our box between 4:30-6:00 p.m. on Thursdays.  I am not sure about the rest of the world but my kitchen shuts down Thursdays about 8:00 p.m. and does not re-open for hot food until Sunday evening.  Thus the fresh veggies are no longer fresh.  Call me lazy – or just call our family crazy but the kids (and we) are going in 5 different directions starting about 3:00 on Friday.  I think herbs which I can pick daily and are low maintenance are all I have thyme for at this point in life.   :)

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