For my last post I'd drawn somewhat of a plan to try & generate some ideas on where I'd put the bed for a garden in my backyard this spring...long story short, I won't be doing a complete overhaul of my backyard like the plans show (i'm only renting this house and who knows how the landlord would react) I dug up a bed about a week ago on a very hot sunny day. It was fun and hard physical labor (esp. outside) like digging can be good for my mind and keep me sane! I got some seeds from a friend, that i can plant outside right now w/o fear of frost or cold temperatures. Really it's just some greens including swiss chard and a couple varieties of lettuce. I've started a tomato plant inside my house and am hoping it's getting enough light to grow and i'll try a transplant in the next couple weeks to a bigger container or into the bed. Starting a garden relates to this course and some of the books and articles we've read so far.
The chapter in Cheap that critiqued Whole Foods was a fun read for me and goes along w/ my own garden. I have conversations like this all the time where one person'll point out the benefits of shopping 4 local produce versus mass produced and the other will point to the obvious, "It's too much $". I've begun to question where i buy my food a little bit more as well as the work that goes into it. It's too bad that in Bloomington there isn't a middle ground between Bfoods and Kroger. Maybe the farmers market'll tempt me this year, or i'll have a good turnout from my own harvest. Until then i'll keep working in a kitchen @ a restaurant where i get free food. (hmm, where'd it come from?)
