Couple things: first, we are one of those “bad” people with a lawn that my husband likes to keep beautiful, BUT, he does it with mostly organic applications. We have a great guy here in town who is very knowledgable about all this and he came out to tell us how we could keep it looking good without having to worry about all the chemicals our kids (and all the neighbor kids) were being poisoned with through their feet.

Also, I’m starting a container garden soon and I’m so excited because I think my kids will eat more veggies that way, and I’ll save money at the farmers market. I often spend over $40 a week there, but we eat so good in the summer! I’d like to just put it in the ground, but we don’t have a good out of the way spot, and last time I tried that, critters ate everything, so it was a lot of work for nothing! There are probably great ways around this, but I’m SO ignorant about gardening, I’m just starting slow.

Please, please, please provide a comprehensive guide to what words are acceptable for other humans to use, in your view, so poor, silly Nancy doesn’t mess up again. Please.

Found another good source for seeds and tips.
http://www.seedsofchange.com/

Happy Planting!

Please, please, please stop using “lol”. Please.

We are living in a duplex now (it Italy) and our landlords have a big garden in the back they haven’t planted yet, plus they have their own chickens and rabbits. Her sister lives next door and grows the corn that feeds the animals. They grow the alfalfa for the rabbits in the area next to the garden. I love getting fresh eggs, poultry (it’s more fit for the crock pot though, not a young bird lol), rabbit, and homemade spaghetti sauce. It is pretty amazing to me how much they are able to grow/provide for themselves (and us too!). I rarely see them go to the grocery store, and they throw away SO much less than we do! Granted, we are 5 and they are 2, but still! I hope to learn from them and eventually have some rural property back in TX we can do some of this type of stuff on ourselves, without intruding on the play space lol.

I’ve been thinking about planting a garden, but feel a little overwhelmed at the idea sometimes. I guess I need to just get over it, find some instructions, and get to it. I’ve grown wary of the food supply, I’d love to eat food I know the life history of.