In the midst of kidding season we’re taking a step toward trying to find
a way to “revive the Victory Gardens” of the past.
The first of next month we will have a raised bed gardening class. We
will be sharing and answering questions on making and using raised beds
over poor soil. We will be using our garden area to show how this can be
done. We will also be using our front yard where, by standard gardening
practices, it is totally useless for growing. It will become – with a
little help, a huge area to grow sprawling plants of all kinds – melons,
squashes, etc. to eat, store, sell, give to the local mission and save
seeds from.
Our greatest desire is to have people return to health. We should be the
most healthy people in the world, full of vitality and energy and
without sickness . . . at least with all that’s available to us. We
aren’t. We have the ability to change our lives through simple gardening.
I love these pictures of the past and the information on this site:
http://www.revivevictorygarden.org/
Please join us in a Victory Garden this Spring – whether it’s a pot on
your porch or a bunch of herbs in your window or a full-blown garden
outside. Just start – and let us know your small or large beginnings
with pictures if you can. We’d love to have a page of friends and their
Victory Gardens gracing our website.
I can’t wait to taste the first sweet, juicy flavorful non-cardboard
tomatoes of the season -
The basement has kale, lettuces, spinach, broccoli and many other things
started. We will be selling the plants (always heirloom or organic) and
the produce at the roadside – I bet you can’t wait to get all this from
the boys under their white canopy . . . we’re making it a family
adventure this year.
Now to go clean up the wind damage from the storms of winter and get
ready for the bounty and restoration of spring . . . (and to go check to
see if those ladies up the hill are showing any signs of giving us a few
more blessings to be thankful for).
The Goatwoman (aka Marilyn)
