Introduction: What's the "Q" stand for?

Q : QUESTION the NARRATIVES you HEAR, SEE, READ and EVERYTHING YOU KNOW 

Many times I hear, see, read things that make me stop, take pause or question what it is I am hearing, seeing or reading. THIS is what the "Q" in Q Kitchen stands for.

In all of the segments on my channels, I will ask questions of different things I have heard ,seen and read. I will then conduct some experiments to answer those questions for myself and for you. My channels have many different subjects. The subject I have been pursuing most frequently as of late is small space gardening. The title of these videos usually begin with "Balcony Garden" as most of my garden lives on my small 3rd story balcony although many of my plants also live in a spare room in my apartment. 

So far, I have segments that chronicle the vegetables I receive from different donations, items bought from a local farmer's market (Farmer's Market Friday) , plants I have received as gifts as well as plants I have grown from store-bought produce. I use different methods of planting such as compost in place , self-irrigating and up-cycling/recycling. I also have videos that show how to harvest seeds for immediate planting and also for saving for future use.

My hope is to show my viewers, friends and family how important, inexpensive, easy and enjoyable gardening can be. My goal is to give others the confidence to grow something for themselves so that they too can have a supply of nutrient-rich foods to supplement their every day food supplies.

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