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Turn over a new leaf
Posted Jul 2, 2009
City competition has turned organic. In apartments/streets/lofts near you - neighbours are being shown muddy potatoes in lieu of shiny new sports cars, as vegetable patches take their place as 2009's status symbols.
So where to start? Growing vegetables is unlikely a skill you learn in school - so sit tight as we give you a little advice.
White On Rice Couple Blog (www.whiteonricecouple.com/) is an excellent blog that provides interesting tips about growing and cooking directly from the backyard.
The site is run by the passion of Todd and Diane, a Los Angeles couple who define themselves as “fools for good food, great conversation, green gardening and traveling”. They’re certainly not the type to bother about people copying their recipes.
If you prefer a more traditional approach, it’s worth reading “The Backyard Farmer” by Paul Waddington, that explains how to grow and reduce your environmental footprints at the same time, as well as “The Backyard Homestead” by Carleen Madigan. Madigan’s book is more of a guide to home vegetables and provides instructions on how to make omelets from eggs laid by your own chickens. Try dropping that into conversation in the office.
Making vegetables is fine, growing fruit is great, laying eggs is even better, but what about honey? The sweet gold nectar doesn’t exactly grow on trees, so for a little help in this field check Kim Flottum “The beekeepers” blog www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/blogs/bees.
If you start to feel lonely in your backyard food crusade, try converting friends into becoming a road farmer, as this group of people in Kingston did (www.fooddowntheroad.ca). You may of course have to quit your job first.
We’re the first to admit of course, growing your own vegetables is not conducive to your manicure, but who cares, when you’re saving the health and the future of your children and you even have the perfect excuse for your own downtime.
Giuliano Federico
TAGS: organic food lifestule enviroment grow your own vegetable patch lifestyle trends gardening whiteonricecouple.com the backyard farmer the backyard homestead carleen madigan kim flottum
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