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.
Till next blog....
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