Growing your own!

I never get sick of seeing my son pick fresh fruit an veggies right off the vine!  I too love to eat fresh veggies and fruit.  It is amazing how much better it tastes and the satisfaction we get knowing we grew it ourselves.  We could survive off our home grown "food" during the summer if we had to.......but I won't eat my chickens, just their eggs.  We are very blessed to live where we have room to grow our garden and to have and orchard, I thank God every day to be so fortunate. 

A vegetable garden doesn't take that much room, we have a pallet with bell peppers, turnips, and radishes, so if you have a back patio you can grow a garden.  It is also a great experience for the kids, my son gets excited to see everything start to come up and to sit under the apricot tree and just pick and eat.  It's the small things in life that really affect us forever. Take some time out and plant a garden (flower or veggie), it will relieve some stress and bring a lot of joy.

M.

Why yes, I do more than "workout" all day!

It is so funny when I get messages like, "Wow, you garden too, I thought you were just into fitness?"  Well actually I am a mom, I cook, I clean, I garden, I take care of many animals, and yes I do my workout daily.  My workout is less than 4% of my day (30 minutes a day) but my nutrition is 24 hour of my day.....that battle is real.  So I plant a garden every year so I can just walk outside and pick my veggies without the worry of GMO's or pesticides.  It doesn't take much space or time, just use a planter box any size for whatever space you have, water daily, and reap the rewards.  It is a great family activity that pays you back with amazing food and wealth that you have grown your own food. It teaches our children about hard work and how things grow, it is truly a simple way to give back and teach the next generation about clean eating and the benefits of farming home grown food. Try it, you won't regret it no matter how small or what you grow.

M.