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Wednesday, May 16, 2007 3:51 PM

How do you grow together?

By Anja

Last Sunday, my guy and I were alloted a plot in the community garden across the street from our Brooklyn apartment. It was all his idea to get involved, but knowing how excited he was, I went along.

So there we were standing over our little plot together, figuring out where we wanted the tomato plant to go and where to plant the basil and how far apart to put the scallions. And I don't know whether it was the gorgeous weather, or the fact that my parents had just left our place and we were finally alone, but gardening together on Sunday made me feel very close and connected to him. There was just something about tilling our soil, dropping our seeds, and watering our plants that made me feel like we really had something going (or growing) that was all our own.

I guess that's maybe what it's like decorating a new home, or having a baby together -- but since I don't expect for either of those to be happening any time soon, I'll take gardening together.

What about you? What sort of activities/hobbies do you and DH have together that you can call all your own?

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re: How do you grow together?

I don't know how many couples do this, but we brew beer together.  We love good beer, and this is a process where we both use our expertise - I'm on the recipe end of things, deciding which malts and hops to use, and he works with all the crazy equipment, some of which I'm not even sure how it works!  Then it ferments for a week or two, and we check on it every day and get excited, and then it's time to bottle or keg it, and wait longer still before it's ready to drink.  But it's all worth it, and the day we decide it's probably ready and share our first pint... it's just so satisfying to know we can do something that has an end result so enjoyable!

We continue to talk about each specific batch of beer and what needs to be changed for the future, and the whole process is full of compromises and giving in to one another - letting each other take the reins for a bit to create something great (and in one case, award-winning!)

Posted by JulieReizner    Wednesday, May 16, 2007 6:39 PM


re: How do you grow together?

We play with our dogs.  They are so cute and lovable, so when we both play with them at the same time, we get to see the cute parental side of each other.

Posted by edmo    Thursday, May 17, 2007 1:10 PM


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