Growing your own food...

Good Morning! 
One of my favorite things is growing our own food.  I love going out and planting, watering, tending to it and then finally seeing the beauty of the harvest.  It is a joy to go out and gather food from your own garden.  We started small many years ago, we planted a couple of tomato plants and the gardening bug bit me hard.  Since then we have added much to our garden.  I enjoy my time out there.  I know my food is not tampered with, it is not 'genetically enhanced' it is clean and good, if my children were to go and eat the strawberries off the vine, they might get a little dirt in their mouth along with the strawberry, but nothing more.
 So if you are a beginning homesteader or just a gardener wanna be, try something small and plant something this year.  Be it one tomato plant, strawberries in a pot, your own herbs, whatever. Just try something and see what happens, it is a wonderful thing to eat the food that has grown in your own back yard...
 We also need to be careful of this mass produced food, so if you don't grow your own at least you can buy locally from someone who does. 
Well, I am off to play in the dirt we have rain coming in this afternoon.  Have a wonderful day!

My Cup Runneth Over...Chas

07:07 - Thursday, May 8, 2008 - post comment

Mmm...

what lovely- and I am sure- yummy strawberries... I wish I did have more of a green thumb, but who knows? As you say, start small!
:)

reginaclarejane - 07:45 - Thursday, May 8, 2008

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I have been so saddened this year by the farmers and folks in my area. Most have decided NOT to garden for one reason or another! I'm shocked that they have the land and the capability, only to refuse to do it. (I think it's a big mistake!) We have several gardens this year and every available space will have some sort of plant in it. The strawberries are lovely by the way... can't wait until ours are on!

Amy

stitchnchick - 08:35 - Thursday, May 8, 2008

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Good Gardening!

It is a blessing to get out there and dig in the dirt. There is just something wonderful about opening a jar of summer goodness in the middle of winter. You can almost taste the sunshine. All the best to you and your green thumb endevours.
Blessings; Carrie

CarrieAnn7 - 08:38 - Thursday, May 8, 2008

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