Share this on:
 Facebook
 Twitter
 Tumblr
 E-mail
2,378
VIEWS
 
RECOMMENDS
3
SHARES
About this iReport
  • Approved for CNN

    • Click to view MaddyMBA's profile
    Posted April 20, 2012 by
    MaddyMBA
    Location
    Miami, Florida
    Editors pick
    Editor's Pick!
    Team iReport featured this story
    Assignment
    Assignment
    This iReport is part of an assignment:
    From garden to table

    More from MaddyMBA
    More iReports you should see

    Wake up call!

    By MaddyMBA  |  Posted April 20, 2012  |  Miami, Florida
     

    CNN PRODUCER NOTE     MaddyMBA says she needs to lose 120 pounds to reach a healthy weight. She is growing basil, thyme, oregano and other herbs, kale, collard greens, broccoli, zucchini, tomatos and cantaloupe in a raised bed and 5-gallon buckets. 'This is truly the first time I have planted a garden for which I am solely responsible,' she says. 'I am truly enjoying it. Now I understand why my mom enjoyed it so much. She had a great green thumb. I just hope I inherited it!'

    MaddyMBA plans to chronicle her journey from seed to plate here on iReport. Join her, and plant one thing you can eat this year!
    - dsashin, CNN iReport producer

    After years of terrible eating habits and being morbidly obese, I decided I wanted to change all of that. My first step was to set up a doctor's appointment to get a check up. Good thing I did. This is how I found out I had T2 diabetes. Major reality check!

    Realizing that it was time to start eating real food I did what I thought would be the best thing to do. I ditched my regular supermarket and I started shopping at Whole Foods for 90% of my food needs. Cha-ching! Mucho money for healthy, organic fruits and veggies. Good thing farmers' markets are sprouting in Miami (pun intended). This helped lower the bill.

    Being a hands on person I decided to try to save even more money by planting my own kitchen garden and with the help of a local landscaper that specializes in the matter a few weeks ago I got one.

    I now have all kids of veggies and herbs growing and hopefully in a few weeks I will be enjoying the fruits (or veggies) of my labor.

    Here are a couple of pictures of my raised bed. The first one is from the first week it was setup. The second one if the latest picture taken on April 18th.
    • TAGS:

    • GROUPS:

    What do you think of this story?

    Select one of the options below. Your feedback will help tell CNN producers what to do with this iReport. If you'd like, you can explain your choice in the comments below.
    Be and editor! Choose an option below:
      Awesome! Put this on TV! Almost! Needs work. This submission violates iReport's community guidelines.
    More from this assignment - From garden to table
    On CNN
    John Barry School Garden - Part 2
    On CNN
    Cosecha de Mango en casa
    On CNN On CNN
    Bell peppers, banana peppers, and tomatoes from garden to table
    See all 171 iReports
    Add your Story

    Comments

    Log in to comment

    iReport welcomes a lively discussion, so comments on iReports are not pre-screened before they post. See the iReport community guidelines for details about content that is not welcome on iReport.

    Add your Story Add your Story