Today is blog action day. The topic is climate change, something near and dear to my heart. One of the big things I'm trying to do is to grow as much of the fruits and veggies for my family on my tiny little suburban plot.
Here is the dirt for my newest garden expansion. I've been busily adding raised beds to my current garden of almost 1000 sq ft to increase me to 1340 sq ft or so. This will allow me to add more calorie crops to our regular veggie rotation and to add more perrenial fruits and veggies to the mix as well. How does this help with climate change? Think food miles. There are none here. Instead of the 100 mile diet, it would be more like the 100 foot diet. How cool is that?
All of us can grow some part of our own diet, even if its only a pot of basil in the kitchen. It all makes a difference. We just need to take that step. If you had told me 8 years ago that I would be doing this I would have laughed at you. As I've said many times, this has been a gradual process. It all started with a few extra tomato plants from my mother's garden. I never had any plans to continue to garden, but somehow it just continued to grow. It became an addiction of sorts and I guess its a good addiction. Food security, healthy fruits and veggies and good for the earth to boot. What could be better?
A topic near and dear to my heart. I feel quite strongly about the benefits of growing more of our own food supply. Particularly fruits and vegetables. So much so that I have focussed my website on just that very concept.
ReplyDeleteThose piles of dirt are beautiful to behold... more garden space in the making.