{"id":18544,"date":"2011-03-23T07:00:33","date_gmt":"2011-03-23T11:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=18544"},"modified":"2011-03-23T07:00:33","modified_gmt":"2011-03-23T11:00:33","slug":"start-a-mini-garden-join-grow-your-own-food-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/start-a-mini-garden-join-grow-your-own-food-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Start a Mini-Garden &#8212; Join &quot;Grow Your Own Food Challenge&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/planetsave.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mint.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18545\" title=\"mint\" src=\"http:\/\/planetsave.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mint.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>Becky Striepe, editor of one of our sister sites, <a href=\"http:\/\/eatdrinkbetter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eat Drink Better<\/a>, is giving home gardening a &#8220;whirl&#8221; and inviting others to join her in the process. Interested?<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>My goal this spring is to grow some food. Not a ton of food, but some. I invite all of you to join me and share your experiences!<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Confession time: I have what some folks call a \u201cblack thumb.\u201d I\u2019m a plant killer. I love planting and photographing plants, but when it comes to actually watering them, I am a complete flake. It\u2019s led to quite a few gardening catastrophes followed by a period where I couldn\u2019t face another failed crop. It had been a couple of years since I tried growing any food plants, and my friend\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanorganicgardener.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike<\/a> recently inspired me to give it another whirl.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>More:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/eatdrinkbetter.com\/2011\/03\/17\/grow-your-own-food-challenge-my-tiny-container-garden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grow Your Own Food Challenge: My Tiny Container Garden<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/food-news\/\" target=\"_blank\">Food<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/green-living-news\/\" target=\"_blank\">Green Living<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Becky Striepe, editor of one of our sister sites, Eat Drink Better, is giving home gardening a &#8220;whirl&#8221; and inviting others to join her in the process. 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