home grown authenticity

Part of the attraction of the UO was its location here in the north west and my wife and i want to do all of these "Portland things". One of which seems to be having lots of plants at home, so being broke we decided we should plant them from scratch...well it has been almost 2 weeks and finally today i noticed the first sprouts. Although this will be a long process to get a full and lush potted plant there is a feeling of ownership and maybe even authenticity to growing things yourself.