Comments on: Growing Our Own Food

By: Sarah Caron

Sarah Caron — Thu, 29 May 2008 15:00:50 +0000

Thanks, Jenny! I’ll be posting an update soon.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sat, 17 May 2008 01:19:05 +0000

Good luck! I look forward to seeing pictures showing the progress.

By: Sarah Caron

Sarah Caron — Thu, 15 May 2008 01:51:59 +0000

Andrea, thanks! That is on my reading list for this summer. I can’t wait to check it out.

Cate, I’m trying to decide whether we should build a compost box or buy one. What are you doing?

Tonia, I totally agree. Self-sufficiency is so important at a time like this.

By: Tonia

Tonia — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:39:46 +0000

We’ve planted our own veggies this year and I am planning to do some herbs as well. It really makes me feel good to know we are relying on ourselves. Our country is well on its way toward a recession, so we all need to do what we can to become more self-sufficient.

Great post!

By: Cate O'Malley

Cate O'Malley — Wed, 14 May 2008 03:43:13 +0000

We’re right there with you. On Mother’s Day weekend, we planted our first vegetables for the season, and we’re putting together herb pots this weekend, along with a compost pile. Baby steps…

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:56:15 +0000

What great timing for this post! I just finished reading Barbara Kingsolver’s “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle” recently and it has inspired me to start paying more attention to where my food is coming from and how it’s grown. If you haven’t read her book yet, I’d highly recommend it.

I think it’s definitely time that people started to be more conscious about their food and their consumption of it. It can be a lot of work to grown your own food and it can be really frustrating trying to stick to local and seasonal foods all year round (thank goodness for farmer’s markets!), but it’s well worth it.

P.S. I’ve never commented here before, but I’ve been reading for several months now and love your blog! Thanks for all the great recipe ideas