Nothing like growing your own food

Although I love being in the great outdoors, I have always been a city boy. On my last trip to South Africa we were able to enjoy the fresh vegetables of one our neighbors and I was hooked. So when we came back to Hong Kong we decided to turn our roof into a garden. I posted some photos in an earlier blog and so far we have been able to enjoy fresh basil which was great for pasta and I even figured out a quick and easy way to make pesto sauce.

Today, I was finally able to harvest some salad! There's nothing better than to pick the leaves and to be eating them within an hour. The leaves are crisp, fresh and much more tasty than store bought lettuce which has probably been sitting in a refrigerator for weeks. The tomatoes were store bought but in a few weeks, I should have some fresh.