[Water Wednesday] What a moldy plant taught me

In my garage is a fish tank. Once filled with creatures with fins and claws, swimming through live grasses, it now sits empty, waiting for what’s next. What’s next turned out to be plants. My girls and I got a wee bit overzealous in the garden store, and became the proud new caretakers of a LOT of plants. We decided to experiment. Most of the strawberries and lettuces were planted in the black earth of the garden, fueled by sprinklers and bountiful sunshine. A few were kept in the fish tank....