Home Gardening ? Tips on How to Make Your Backyard Improve Your Dinner Menu
Okay, let’s state the problems very clearly before we try to solve them.
Problem One: Your husband and kids are sick of eating the same thing for the last ten years – spaghetti and meatballs, the usual garden salad, mashed potatoes. Hence, it is now your task to revolutionize the menu and give them something that will make dinner more interesting than watching football.
Problem Two: You always use the washer’s dryer so you don’t need to hang clothes to dry anymore. Hence, the backyard said she misses you because you seldom go there lately. Throughout the past months or years, Ms. Backyard has suffered from major neglect. Thus, at a time where living space is more precious than the Holy Grail, a drastic backyard makeover is life-threateningly necessary.
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Now, let’s hit two birds with one stone in a non-PETA-offensive way.
The Solution: Build a backyard garden.
But wait! This is not just about throwing in random plants until the whole thing looks green enough! Instead, choose plants that matter – the type which bears fruit or can be used as a spice / garnish for dinner dishes.
Experiment with foreign dishes that need exotic ingredients, and grow those ingredients in last place that your family will expect. Plants like sage, rosemary, basil, and thyme not only add a relaxing feel for Ms. Backyard, but also make your dinner menus taste better.
Herbs easily get denuded when used as food ingredients. While this sounds like an emotional part of TV soap, this can actually turn out be a good thing. Because you need to plant new seeds every quarter or so, you will have the chance to have different-looking gardens throughout the year. Varying how your garden looks like is important so that things do not get too monotonous. For example, plan an Italian menu for a month then plant thyme to go with it. Next month, plan a Southeast Asian menu and grow small red chilies in the backyard.
Eventually, your husband will ask, “Honey, how did you suddenly make dinner taste this good?”
You will then answer, “It’s simple: I did everything from scratch. Ha ha!”
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