Backyard Gardening

A few years ago when we started to grow our own food I never imagined what it would become or how much it would become apart of our family and daily life.  I now cannot imagine my life without food growing in my backyard.  That wasn't always the case.

I used to always have herbs growing.  Even as a single person I always had basil and such growing on my balcony of my apartment.  I told my husband that my dream would be to grow everything we could in the backyard.  Well, we are trying.

As I sit and write this I am on the patio looking out over the things we grow and I am thinking, the hardest part is the start.  We have beds, some above ground some on the ground, and that is the hardest part.  Building the beds and building the space for ground beds is really the hardest part.

I buy all my seeds from either High Mowing Seeds or Seeds of Change.  I have always had  success growing from their seeds and they are certified organic.  Once things grow I do save seeds and use them though for my next crop!

In my garden, which is now in summer Florida mode, I have corn, Blueberry bushes (which have been reduced and waiting for next season), an avocado tree, peach tree, tomatoes, onions , lemon tree, carrots, beets, radishes, cucumbers, squash, zucchini, kale, sage, lemon balm, dill, basil, thyme, oregano, Kiwi, rosemary, aloe, papaya and fennel.  I also have some medicinal herbs like chamomile, feverfew and echineacia.  So there is just a couple of things growing in my surburban backyard.  : )

So if you are thinking that you can't do it and can't feed your family from your yard, your wrong.  You can do it, no matter how much space you have you can grow somthing that will feed your family.  The hardest part is the start.  

If you have questions about it please ask.  Get going, feed your family from the food you grow.  You will know where it comes from, and you will know whats been put on it.

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Completely Non-Toxic Weed Killer

Why on earth people still buy Round-Up knowing how bad it is for the environment and health of people still amazes me.  Whenever I see it in a store I want to scream.  When I see someone with it in their cart it takes everything in me not to say "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?".

Round-Up is one of the most toxic things you can put on the ground.  It gets into our water system and becomes toxic for us.  Not only that but by buying Round-Up you are helping to support Monsanto, who is the maker of the product.  Isn't that insane?  The maker of one of the worst chemicals now is supplying us with our food, GMO food that is.

The most amazing part is that if you have weeds all you need to do is pour some distilled vinegar or apple cider vinegar on them and they will die.  Another solution is to pour boiling hot water over the grass that grows in between you sidewalk cracks and they will die.

That's it.  No chemicals, no toxins.

Try it next time and see.

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