100 Reasons to Garden
Check out Skippy’s Vegetable Garden to help write the list of 100 reasons to cultivate your own.
Why do I garden? For many of the reasons on the list, particularly:
Exercise with a purpose
To get away from my computer & other technology
To grow some of my own food
So I can eat a tomato that’s still warm from the sun
To be more environmentally friendly
Because I can
For the beauty of plants
For that perfect hydrangea blossom
To make my yard more of a sanctuary for birds & wildlife (except rabbits that eat my lettuce)
To watch a vegetable or fruit go from flower to harvest (see eggplant post)
To have something to put all my rain water on from my rain barrels
Because pulling weeds builds character (at least that’s what I tell myself to get through)
To have something to put my compost on
Because it’s much cheaper than buying flowers every week at the grocery
So why do you garden?
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Local Produce at The Grocery Store
I was in a grocery store recently (which is a rare occurrence for me), I needed kosher salt which isn’t sold at the farmer’s market. I walked through the produce section to see what they had and I was surprised by the price of tomatoes!
Heirloom tomatoes for $3.99 a pound – WOW. I bought a half bushel (which is probably 8-10lbs) at the farmer’s market for only $4.50 (and they looked much nicer). I knew I was saving money by shopping there, but I didn’t realize how much (and the I know the farmer would much rather sell them directly to me because they’ll make more money).
While there, I also noticed that they had a section of local produce. Unfortunately it was only corn, zucchini, spaghetti squash and green peppers. I know local farmer’s are growing much more than that!
It is great that the store is buying some local produce, but this won’t get me back to the grocery store. I would rather be out in the fresh air talking to the people who grow my food. I would rather hand the farmer my $20 rather than a big box grocery chain. Not to mention, the produce is much nicer at the farmer’s market!
So head to your farmer’s market this Saturday (or whatever day it is, check out LocalHarvest.org to find a farmer’s market near you).
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Lawn-Busting
Here’s an interesting article on Burpee’s about lawn busting. This is an easy pain-free way to liberate your yard and help the environment.
I’ve liberated 300 sq feet of lawn so far this summer, and I’m still hoping to free up some more. How much of your lawn have you liberated?
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Remember the Eggplant
Remember that little eggplant bloom that I posted a while back?
This is what it has turned in to.
I’m looking forward to harvesting it for some veggie lasagna or something.
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A Perfect Chiots Weekend
Lucy had a great labor day weekend, she got to do all the things she loves to do. Lucy LOVES car rides, she loves to stick her head out the window and smell the world (I can only drive about 45mph because that’s her limit). She got to take 3 car rides this weekend. Saturday morning she went with me to the farmer’s market.
Funny enough, she doesn’t like to have her photo taken, so this is what happened when she caught me.
Lucy is also a HUGE fan of watermelon. So whenever we eat it she waits patiently for the rind (her favorite is the bowl end).
She’ll eat right down to the rind, and if she thinks you didn’t give her a big enough piece she’ll eat the rind.
Lucy also has a little Jack Russell friend named Ollie. She loves to go to his house to visit and run around his yard with him. They have a grand time together. Since we spent time on Saturday and Sunday with Ollie’s parents, Lucy got to spend 2 afternoons with her buddy.
3 car rides + 2 watermelon rinds + 2 afternoons with Ollie = Lucy’s perfect weekend
What did your dog do this weekend?
