Urban Gardens
March 23rd, 2009 by insighter
Last year I learned about the urban gardening/farming movement for the 1st time. I started noticing my neighbors’ veggie gardens - wondering how the other neighbors felt about the new look in the streets. Front yards were being used for growing veggies and no doubt backyards were being used equally.
My mother who happens to love planting and who grew up this way insisted in starting a veggie garden in my fairly empty backyard as well. It was also a time when the food crisis was in the news intensely and different parts of the US were experiencing the ‘food crisis’. It seemed like a good time to get familiar with the earth again.
A few months later we were blessed with the experience of eating food that had grown in our own yard. It’s amazing and awesome! Every time we picked veggies for consumption we were amazed at how generous mother nature is. The experience gave me a regained respect for those who know how to make use of the earth and how to be self-sufficient and know their plants well.
We plan to do it again this year and make it a part of our lifestyle from now on. Hearing that the Obama’s are also planning to have a veggie garden in the White House to feed themselves surprised me a lot! I had heard of the White House Garden movement but I didn’t think they would make it happen. Nice job! Let’s keep the small positive changes happening. 
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