Growth

I visited Fresh & Easy a few days ago to purchase some ingredients for a new dish I was making when suddenly I came across some fresh produce. This was produce that I had never seen before: they were plants! I thought to myself, "why are they selling plants here?" The plant pictured above is the one I saw. It was nicely planted in a small black plastic container and had plastic around it, similar to a bouquet of flowers. As I stood there looking at it I slowly began to envision it sitting on the window sill of my room. I thought to myself, "That plant would bring a nice biological vibe to my room". I immediately picked it up and took it home. The thing only cost 50 cents. What a bargain!

The only thing written on the item said, "Fresh herb." It reminded me of the kind of herb I would collect in a video game to heal myself. This, however, was not that kind of herb. When I came home I decided to finally smell it. To my surprise I discovered that it was a mint plant. You can never mistake the odor of mint because it's something you put in your mouth everyday.

The only recipe I'm familiar with that calls for mints is a mojito. It's hardly the time in my life to be making any of those right now. Given this, I have decided not to consume the mint plant. Starting tomorrow I'm going to put it in the ground so I can reconnect it with mother nature. It already had the chance to grow on me, now it can grow on the soil again.

~Anthans