Gardening is good for your soul and also it’s good for getting plentiful and extremely cheap weed.

January is an excellent time to start thinking about gardening. Especially if, like me, you have no idea what you’re doing.

I have always wanted to grow plants. My parents grew vegetables in our backyard growing up but I was only ever involved in the maintenance and harvesting. And at any rate, a dozen years of bouncing around the city and the country in student housing doesn’t lend itself well to growing much more than a tiny herb garden. Which is fine! It’s where I started. My wife got me a tiny hydroponics set for Christmas and now already we have an infinite supply of dill. (Please give me recipes using dill.)

– Read the entire article at Vice News.