A Grassroots Food Revolution
In the spirit of courage and self-sufficiency of previous generations who planted gardens in their front and back yards to support their nation’s war efforts - today many are undertaking the challenge of declaring independence from corporate food systems, reducing reliance on fossil fuels to bring food to the table, and cultivating a more healthy and fulfilling life. This grass roots revolution is occurring throughout America in today’s modern victory garden. The “war” is a revolution – and the battle ground is right here on the home front. The modern victory garden is also sometimes referred to as a "Freedom Garden" - because it represents a declaration of independence of sorts. It is all about taking back responsibility and control of our own food supply. Whether it is a modest container of tomatoes on a patio deck or a full fledged self-sufficient garden – each effort contributes to the goal of freeing ourselves from the forces that would keep us dependent on a system of petroleum fueled and factory farmed food. The rewards are many for taking up this challenge, and along the way you’ll experience the empowerment and fulfillment that comes from learning the basic skills of providing for yourself and your family.
Grow What You Eat – Eat What You Grow!
The Modern Victory Garden Blog Updates
November 29, 2009
I am way behind everyone else this year in getting our leaves raked up. Things seemed to be conspiring against me to get it done timely. First, the trees seemed to hang on to the leaves for a prolonged period of time this year, only letting go once we had a major windstorm event. That windstorm was part of a series of storms that rolled through one after another bringing heavy and soaking rains. The leaves were matted down and completely wet as a result. This weekend was actually almost dry (a few sprinkles), so this afternoon I took advantage of the weather break and spent a few hours doing the annual leaf raking and composting process. They were still very wet and hard to rake up but the top layer had dried out somewhat making the task at least possible to do. The leaves were transported to the compost piles where I topped off the two current bins and got a good start on a third bin.
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Check Out the New and Improved Discussion Forum!
The discussion forum is back! The site hosting service upgraded this tool and I think it is a significant improvement. Come tell us about your garden, ask questions, share info, and just hang out and discuss food production gardening with like minded folks!
New For 2009 - Garden Economics Web Page!
Gardening can be a very frugal activity if done sensibly without "buying" your way out of all problems. However, most of us do experience ongoing costs associated with our food production garden to purchase basic inputs as required. Certainly, many of these costs can be substantially reduced (or even eliminated) with careful management and creative use of available resources, but most of us cannot expect to garden successfully without at least some financial input for basic supplies. I thought it would be an interesting exercise to keep a web page that tracks the benefits and costs of our garden for the 2009 season. Click HERE to go to this webpage and see the most current tally of information. Be sure to check back periodically to see how the costs add up as the year progresses.
So....What Was Harvested Today and What's Cooking?
The garden is an integral part of every day life in this household. The care, harvesting, and food prep from the resources our garden provides - are just part of the daily routine and rhythm. While my blog entries certainly discusses aspects of what is happening on the homestead and the recipes page has info on how to prepare some of our favorite foods - it is the calendar entries that will give you a real view into the daily chores and pleasures of our Modern Victory Garden.
Clicking on the daily calendar entries will provide answers to questions like "what's being harvested?", "what's cooking from the garden?", "What's being planted now?" and "How did you do that?" Check it out!
Benefits of Garden Self Sufficiency
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