National Nutrition Month

You may doubt yourself for growing your own produce, however it is much more possible than you think.

There is nothing better than having fresh herbs to cook and enjoy with your meals and they are easy to grow.

I have been in love with my indoor garden for my fresh herbs. I must say basil and dill grow crazy fast so, I will be looking into recipes on how to use these herbs the most.

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I like to keep things simple, basic and healthy is a combination of lemon juice, salt, and pepper Olive oil and chopped up fresh basil brings a nice flavor to chicken dishes. You can also add these two pasta‘s rice potatoes, or can make your own salad dressings. Also doing this as a shout out for national nutrition month as this is one of their themes of container, backyard, garden, ideas, and how to grow your own food hydroponics was first talked about when I was in undergrad and I thought how cool is it to basically grow plants in water and they take up less space. This hydroponic system I have here was a gift at Christmas time and I was so excited to get it started. It only took two weeks before I started to see some usable growth.

The fascinating thing about dill is new sprigs are coming up from where I’ve clipped the old ones . And after already clipping a heap off of the basil, a lot has already grown back this past week.

I am planning on gardening this year, more berries and herbs for sure. I am planning on developing a outdoor hydroponic system or plant tower to grow more greens. I have also been hearing more about micro greens, how quick and easy they are to grow but what also a better way to eliminate waste through a compost pile. Before i dig (haha no pun intended #dryhumor) more into the gardening side of nutrition and national nutrition month, this was one of their themes to encourage growing produce at home or gardening. Not saying you have to go as far as a farmer John type of deal. BUT being able to grow something as small as herbs can help increase flavors and encourages family engagement with the whole food preparation process. Especially for kids to see how things grow does more for them than the taste.