HW 8 - Growing Our Own Food

The morning I walked into class ready to water my seeds and noticed they were starting to grow, I was beyond excited. I went around and told everyone, showing them the progress the sprouts were making. Although I have worked in gardens before I thought the idea of growing food in a glass jar seemed impossible. When I think of life growing I think of dirt, sunlight and water. However for this plant to grow all it needed was water. I sort of felt like the sprouts were a baby, and seeing first signs of life seemed similar to a scenario of a mother seeing her babies imagine in a sonogram. When we had to bring our sprouts home mine were almost finished growing. I wrapped up my glass jar in layers of paper towel, making sure nothing was going to happen to them as we headed home. I placed the jar of sprouts under a lamp, and watered them before I went to bed. The next morning they were bigger than the night before! I decided that I was going to eat my sprouts that night. I was slightly nervous to eat them though, for some reason the idea of a glass jar seemed more dirty than dirt. I made a tuna fish sandwich and put the sprouts on top. I took a bite, I eat sprouts from the supermarket all the time but my very own sprouts tasted much better. I felt a little sad that I wasn't going to be able to water them anymore since my body was in the process of digesting them. It was cool that part of my meal wasn't brought by a stranger but by me! The whole process was much more simple than I had anticipated. I never felt stressed as I do sometimes figuring out what I am going to eat but I felt calm and excited every watering to see the progress of my sprouts. I knew exactly where my food was coming from and I had control on how I wanted it to effect me. I didn't pour chemicals on my sprouts (hopefully SOF water is chemical free) and I felt very satisfied after I finished my tuna sandwich. By trying a different way of doing things you are exposing yourself to new opportunities that you may end up appreciating.