My first gardening experiment went well. I grew soybeans indoors, harvested herbs from the AeorGarden, got a potted garden going and florishing, and a vegetable garden bed going. I got vegetables off everything and learned a lot.

Not everything was perfect: the soybeans yeilded only a handful of edible beans after 4 months of growing. The AeroGarden quit working for some reason after 4 months. Squash bugs and vine borers decimated my baby squash plants, the summer drought and heat left a lot of plants stunted and underproducing. The corn, beets and carrots never took off. I never cleared and tilled all the areas I intended to and the areas I did never got as much sunshine as I thought they would.

Still I am pleased with the results and intend to renew the practice again in ‘09, only on a grander scale. Well, maybe not grand, but broader and with greater knowledge.

The best thing to come out of the practice was my spout cultivation. That has been an unqualified success and we are enjoying light and lovely sprouts with almost every meal.