Today I am taking the time to catch up on my blogs. I have been thinking and jotting down lots of notes, that look horribly random once a few days go by. Before I lose it all I should put it down.
Life depends on having a garden in my opinion. Even if it is only for the spiritual aspects. Though my biggest reason is because it allows me to make better choices in what I feed my family.
Eating locally raised food is part of the important new choices that I feel must be made.
You see the change in critical energy supplies will create energy shortages that will cause prolonged economic impact. Now that we have reached post peak oil production, we are now in a energy decline that many are in denial about. Food production today is heavily dependant on fossil fuels. Unless this system undergoes a metamorphosis, agriculture as we know it will fail. This will lead to massive shortages in both fuel and food supplies. According to many studies (which I am not going to look up to notate here...lazy me) say that this will happen within the next 20 years.
Our lifestyles have been created to give us a level of comfort and convenience that is totally unsustainable due to our energy consumption. Today we must make choices that will lessen our impact on the world that this over consumption seem to be leading to.
Realistically the only changes that I can personally make are small. My family and I are living on a limited income, in a rental home, that will make the choices limited. I cannot put in solar panels, or wind production as I am not the home owner. I can however take public transportation or walk more often. Still my favorite choice is my garden. Eating locally grown food not only allows me to know what has gone into raising the food, but it seems to be a spiritually fulfilling activity. Sure... I recycle, and recraft, but my favorite "Re-" is renew. My garden is renewing the earth in a small way.
My garden teams with life. From dachshunds to microorganisms, my garden heaves with life. Most of this is from my compost piles Freddy and George. I know it is silly to name them but it keeps me tending to them as I would the pets. I use them to get my exercise when they need turning. I use them enrich my garden. I have used them to cook before when Freddy was running so hot. My plans are perhaps to use them to heat my polytunnel season extenders eventually. Experimentation seems to be the fun of it all now.
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