The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food

I'm real bad at plants. Once, I had these cute little succulents in these pretty tea tins. They lived for a while. But then one of them started looking sad, so I watered it, and then it looked sadder so I watered it some more, and apparently that was the wrong choice.

But I still love the idea of growing vegetables even though I am totally intimidated by all things outdoors. I mean, our current house is the first time I've ever even consistently weeded the flowerbeds that were already there. Progress? ...

Anyway, this was a charming comic featuring George, an older avid gardener, and Mia, his next door neighbor who is probably a millennial, who is so pumped about growing stuff but knows nothing except stuff she's found on the internet. Together, they walk through choosing plants, making sure you have the right environment for growing, and all sorts of things (all of which George tells Mia are the “number one rule of gardening!”). It seemed ... like maybe it wouldn't be so hard to grow a few things in the spring? The people who lived here before had a small in-ground bed plus some fence thingies for herbs, but it's all overgrown and not pretty right now, so my work might be cut out for me, but this gave me hope, and it was fun and funny to read.