The Reasonably Prudent Law Student

We all know about Michelle Obama’s garden. We do not, however, know about G-ma Hoomster’s garden. Well, folks, lemme tell ya, G-ma Hoomster’s garden is the most ridiculous garden in the world. If it was a kid, it’d be the one that sat in the back of the room and ate paste all day. That’s the kind of garden G-ma Hoomster has.

She has random little plants (that she loves) planted outside in the soil, and then all around the little walkway to the deck she has plants in pots. No one really knows what kind of plants these are. Even G-ma Hoomster doesn’t know. She just waters them and prunes them and talks to them. Some of the pots have eggplant seeds in them. Others, cantaloupe. Others, bitter gourd that you might remember from that one time you read The Jungle Book. (It’s super bitter, and Papa Hoomster and Mama Hoomster love it and compose sonnets to it, but me and the Bro think it’s disgusting, and we all know who’s right in this little argument.)

Who knows, maybe Neighbor Boy dropped weed in the other pot, and now we’re growing marijuana. Mama Hoomster would just faint, and Papa Hoomster would call some guy to dispose of it, because he wouldn’t want to touch it. It sounds like the kind of thing Neighbor Boy would do; he’s absolutely hilarious.

So while we’re busy growing bitter vegetables that no one should ever be allowed to eat and also weed but probably not really, Michelle Obama is busy growing a legitimate garden and having local school children come help her with it. I think my cousin and her boyfriend went up to DC in the fall for something having to do with her garden. I’m sketchy on the details, though, and haven’t really talked about it with Cousin Hoomster, aka Rehana, aka Sissy. She probably hates that I call her Sissy. Whoops.

Here’s Michelle dressed in some of her favorite comfy pieces (she sure loves that belt and that cardigan, huh?) as she does her part to reduce US dependence on foreign veggies. Brussels sprout, Chinese cabbage, New Zealand spinach, Armenian cucumber, Sierra Leon bologi, Swiss chard, Indian pea, Welsh onion, Chinese artichoke, Hamburg parsley, and Jerusalem artichoke, I am watching ALL of you.

Buy American! American groundnut, that is.

If you want to do your part to reduce American dependence on foreign vegetables, be sure to wear this:

678 Trouser Jean ………. $19.99
Burnout Boyfriend Tee in Dark Heather Grey ………. $7.99
Leo & Sage Open Cardigan ………. $19.99
Studded Elastic Waist Belt ………. $6.80
Converse Chuck Taylor All Stars in Purple Passion ………. $45

I picked straight leg trouser jeans – they’re on sale at the Limited right now. I added a simple grey tee, an open front purple cardigan, a studded belt that’s made many appearances this year, and a pair of purple Chucks.

I love Chucks even more now because the 10th Doctor wears them. He’s always running around in his brown overcoat, navy pinstripe suit, and orange Chucks, chasing Daleks and Cybermen and flirting with Rose and hanging with the Face of Boe who’s actually Captain Jack Harkness.

Good times.

Too bad it’s winter, otherwise G-ma Hoomster’s garden would be in full bloom. And my stash is really running low.

Stash of veggies, that is.

Duh.

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