Have you seen the movie Food, Inc.? Everyone should watch this movie! Amazing! You would not believe the corruption that fills our food industry. They have government in their pocket just the same as big tobacco. This movie made me madder and more determined than any movie within the last few years, and it reaffirmed once more why I dislike Monsanto so much.
If you have Netflix, please be sure to put this one on your list. Or just go to their official website to watch it...
I know I've been dormant, but I should be out of hibernation eventually. I still haven't planted my vegetable garden, but hope to do so in a month or two. I still have a raised bed full of weeds and grass. However I hope soon to try a technique that involves covering the bed in plastic and leaving it to sit for six weeks or so in an attempt to create an environment that will kill most of the weed seeds in the soil of the bed.
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"Locavore"
Someone whose diet consists of food grown or produced within an area most commonly bound by a 100 to 250-mile radius of their home. Locavores usually shun large supermarket chains, opting for farmer's markets and local gardens instead. It is also a current trend for many high-end restaurants as well.
I am a new homeowner who inherited an unruly garden, but it is my new sandbox. I get to play around and create new things.
It also means that I am now free to grow my own food (at least on a small scale-- I don't have a huge backyard.) In these troubling economic times I find, like so many others, that there is a certain empowerment that comes with the idea of being able feed yourself with food grown in your own garden. There is a certain satisfaction and security in knowing that the food you are growing is fresh and organic, grown without chemicals and packed full of nutrition. I'm looking forward to this satisfaction.
But so far I am just a beginner. I've just started creating my sand castle, and have barely begun to lay the foundation. There is a lot for me to learn, and I will share some of what I learn in this blog.
If you want to follow along and watch the progress on my garden, you are welcome to check out my Weedy Garden blog, where I document my accomplishments and failures with my own little backyard Eden.