So, if I blog enough about it, do you think I'll do it? You know, to a certain extent, I think 'yes', so here I go again...
I just listened to a rather stoned-sounding guy give a four-minute talk about why we should garden. Actually, he referred to it as 'urban gardening'. I suppose ours would actually be 'suburban gardening'--but close enough, right?
His points were the same ones I've made before, but it helps me to think about them a little more.
1. Fresh tastes good.
2. Not supporting and depending upon massive corporations.
3. Doing something positive for the environment, eliminating plastics and fuel used for packaging and transport.
4. Exercise for us. A form of meditation, too, after our stressful days.
5. Hmm...I'm forgetting what he said, but I'll put in economics here.
I've only done a little bit since my last post, but I enjoy our herbs out front pretty much daily. Our fig trees in SC finally produced--I suppose since there has finally been decent rain. I planted some mint up there. I love it because it spreads all by itself--and I'm really acquiring a taste for it! Love it in bean and quinoa salads in goodly amounts...and use it practically daily with regular black tea to make my own 'Moroccan Mint' tea.
Our chickens are SO pretty. I really need to take some pics. Hoping to let them out of the run starting next week, when they'll be two months old. We've waited for their safety--it's hard to know where to draw that line, but I think they've been fairly happy in the spacious run. We'll 'clip their wings' next week, which basically just involves trimming primary feathers on one side to put them a little off balance so they don't leave the backyard. They won't be laying eggs for several more months, but they're getting to be nice-sized pullets now.
I just saw someone talking about how she likes to plant comfrey. That's one of those herbs that my grandmama's family grew--it's good for injuries and such. I think that'd be another nice herb to add.
Beehives are also of interest. Alex and I consume more honey than many a small country, I think... But we do buy locally, so that would primarily be of economic interest!
