Garden

Starting a large garden has always been a dream of mine. Low cost, organic produce is the ultimate goal. This year I'm finally obtaining my goal with a large raised bed garden. Once I have the frame completed I will be sharing photos of the design. With the cost of food rising, and quality on the decline it has awakened the need for a garden. If we look into the past, most families had gardens and a couple of chickens in the backyard. They never relied too heavily on a grocery store for their needs instead they used their community to rely on. They all worked together. I desire that. I desire self sufficiency as a community not just individually.

As it stands now,  most are heavily reliant on grocery stores, either due to lack of space or time. Most people feel they don't have time in their daily lives to spare, I completely understand that. Some days I feel as if I can't keep up with daily tasks as well. But a well planned and executed raised bed garden shouldn't require exorbitant amounts of time. Not to mention it's great if you have children they get a hands-on lesson on where our food comes from. In addition, when children are more involved in the planting and weeding they are more inclined to eat those vegetables that they have worked hard to bring to fruit.

This is another short update since I have been m.i.a. for quite a long time. The busyness of life has kept me from my blog. But soon I will have the time to continually update and fire up a youtube channel as well :-)

Ps. Over the snow ready for spring, next year I might hibernate.
Pss. Smile at everyone you encounter on a day to day basis. You never know when you will brighten their day.