Most likely to grow my own food.

I am living in a two person apartment for the summer and the next year, and I love it (a lot), but I knew that eating by myself all summer was gonna suck, so I decided to eat all my meals with some friends who would all be living together a short bike ride away. It worked out well that their fourth roommate was actually a coworker of mine, so we all bonded and ate and stuff. And then I got a roommate, but she quickly liked my friends and then soon enough 6 of us were eating meals together and answering cute questions about our day like we were a family.

We were recently messing around and came up with summer superlatives. This ranged from loudest to foulest to chattiest. I was awarded most likely to grow my own food, for which I am quite proud. Following that, it may come as no surprise that I really like plants, as the title of this post would suggest. It started at a young age as I spent every summer taking care of my neighbor's extensive garden. Though she had purely decorative plants, through our own backyard I quickly learned the value of growing your own food. In our small suburban backyard we have managed to fit the following trees: orange, fiji apple, persimmons, peach, banana, lemon, grape vine. We also have a variety of herbs and at various times also grew strawberries and zucchinis. The summer and fall seasons you can imagine were quite pleasant with all the fruit we grew. Between my backyard and my neighbors, I developed a love for all types of plants and a pretty good green thumb.

Through three years of college I had managed to gather 3 plants, one of which I was watching for a friend because she almost killed it. And yet, now that I have an apartment, I have managed to bring my personal total up to 10, plus the 5 I'm caring for over the summer and the 3 I recently gave away. Aloe plants are pretty awesome in the fact that they create offshoots with their own root system that you can then easily remove and re-pot and quickly multiply the number of plants you have. This is exactly why I needed to give away 3 plants, my own little way of carrying on an Oberlin legacy.

But anyway, back on track. I was voted most likely to grow my own food and I'm quite proud. Cause you see, I would love to do just that. I want a yard and I want to grow crazy produce for myself and others if possible and maybe for Gio's pay/work as you eat restaurant which would be amazing with delicious homegrown produce. If I could do Oberlin over again, I would spend a summer working on a farm, or I would have gotten involved at the George Jones farm earlier.

Moral of the story. Grow your own food, it tastes better and you save a lot of money. And plants are awesome.