Once you delve into the emerging food movement, it's amazing how much there is to it, how fast it's growing and how much potential it holds.In the past hour, I received an email from my father containing a link to "Garden Girl TV" with Patti Moreno, talked with a man that lives on Wakulla Springs road that has a one acre property on which he hopes to establish "an active edible landscape with...
What a gorgeous day to work on a food garden! I hear it'd gonna rain again, and some coolness will follow. But for the time being, we get to bask in the glory of early March warmth. Didn't even have to burn the woodstove tonight.A new Square Foot Gardenfor Candie and Don. Per their requests: Tomatoes (Better Boy, Early Girl, Heritage), bell peppers, banana peppers, eggplant, green (snap) beans,...
People invite me to their houses to for me to offer ideas and advice and/or to scout out sites for where I'll place their new Square Foot Gardens... and every now-and-again, they ask, "So is this all you do?" This question always makes me smile.I know (I assume) this question originates from intrigue. How cool, they must think, I'm able to keep busy just doing food gardens. If they only knew......
Click here for the Story or... most of it is copied below.By Teresa Youngblood, special to the Democrat, previous Magnolia School TeacherWhen his father asked him about his school day, Caleb Mathison, 13, replied, "I feel good. I moved a lot of dirt."And he and 15 of his classmates have the muddy shoes and dirt-caked fingernails to prove it.On Friday, the middle-schoolers along with two teachers,...
Health-- especially with a focus on childhood health-- is another thriving component of the food movement that I have yet to mention.My primary link into this emerging expression of the food movement is Jan Daly who works with the Leon County Health Department. I put in a garden at Jan's house last December. While digging in the dirt together, we share our dreams of community gardens, widespread...