Last weekend halftime of the KU vs. UNC game (which KU won, by the way), Cole and I started a new, small hobby: gardening. Are we pros? I don't think we would go that fan, but his family gardens and he has a pretty good knowledge of growing green things. Me, well, my dad is a Master Gardener, and I worked for Mother Earth News magazine for a year.

A bag of soil, a planter, a couple of different seed packets and a Spongebob watering can later, we have ourselves a little patio garden.

Cole reads the directions on our radishes. We also purchased spinach, carrots and lettuce.

A handful of seeds sprinkle into Cole's hand.

One half of our planter has radishes, the other will pop up with spinach.

Cole fills the dirt groove with radish seeds.

Now we come home each day from work and check on our plants, which consists of a cool plant shower from our Spongebob can.

After a week of watering, little green radish tops sprouted, along with a tiny sliver of spinach. We will keep you updated on the progress of our little garden, but if you are interested in your own container garden, read Container Cultivation. You can grow container plants on any patio or deck, you just have to know what type of plants will grow best in you location.

Now, you have to hurry for this last fun giveaway. All you have to do is leave a comment and you could get free seeds. But hurry, it ends tonight at midnight!

Here's a little peak of the green we have growing so far. Happy planting!

Radishes start to bust through the soil in less than a week.