This weekend

Thursday, March 27, 2008

After the long, harsh winter, students should be looking for any excuse to spend time outside. Well, what better excuse is there to do so than starting your own garden? Just make sure you have a few feet of decent earth and an open-minded landlord, and you’re good to grow.

Start your garden this weekend

Jennifer Kongs, Topeka junior, grows her own garden. “It’s like reliving that whole kindergarten experiment with the seed in a cup. Plus, food that you pick the day that you’re going to eat it tastes so much better,” Kongs says.

Kongs recommends starting out with tomatoes or bell peppers because they’re moderately easy to grow and growing them is much cheaper than buying them at the grocery store.

Herbs are also a great item to grow. Freshly grown herbs are much stronger than herbs that have been sitting in a jar for months. Some easy starters are basil and mint.

“If you can kill a mint, you need help,” Kongs says.

But you might need help, anyway. Berrigan Willmott, Lawrence senior, warns that many Lawrence yards may not be suitable for growing because of years of soil destruction from construction and pollution.

Thankfully, Lawrence has community gardens just in case you need that help. You can go to these gardens to help out, learn what in the cucumber you’re doing, and possibly even take some fresh vegetables home with you.

For more information on community gardens or help with your own, visit http://community.lawrence.com/lcgp/ or http://lawrencesustainability.net.

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