Ever since we relocated to Auckland almost 6 months ago, I’ve been keeping myself occupied by picking up little pet projects to make the best of this experience. If you follow my Instagram, you might have seen random vegetable gardening posts and thought “Whaaaat? Where did that come from?” I know, right? In fact, when I was in Singapore, I did get swayed into the pretty dreams of growing my own herbs (imagine a white, minimalistic room with gorgeous greens, yada yada yada….) and gave into temptations, buying grow kits and whatnots. Although some seeds sprouted, I will admit that my success rate of any greens growing beyond a couple of weeks is 0%. So when I announced my plan to grow veggies in my Auckland garden, you can imagine the skepticism  support on J’s face. BUT I brought up the perfect excuse that would appeal to most of us…