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Bwahahaha I finally sold my husband on the garden.
He's been kind of lukewarm about it for years - it's my project, my effort, and really, he has had this weird sensation that the stuff I bring in isn't "Food". He's so used to thinking about food as growing from styrofoam that he never thought dirt could provide. I'd bring in veggies, and til i cooked them, they weren't veggies. They were 'stuff from the garden'.
He lost his job a couple of months ago. Thankfully, we had some meat stored up, although we've been using it and grocery money sparingly. And I have a garden, from which I've provided snow peas in abundance, lettuces, spinach, and now summer squash and a few tomatoes. Suddenly, he's realized that we're eating properly right now because of me and my garden. He's gotten another job, but it doesn't start til later in the month, so we're still relying on what I put out to feed the family.
Today, he turned to me and said "Hey, could you provide me with a few green onions, some marjoram, and maybe a few other things? I'd like to make noodle soup tonight. You don't happen to have any leeks, do you?"
I just about swooned. He's finally sold. He's started seeing what comes out of the garden as FOOD - and asking for things he wants! WOOT! :D
Now if I could just get my oldest son to actually _eat_ tomatoes... those 15-foot plants we get might be worth more if more of us ate from them. *laugh*
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