Temperature in garden 35F
Overcast, sleet, snow, rain
My First Blog!! I
decided to write a blog about my organic gardening. Many of my neighbors and
friends have encouraged me so here goes!
The goal of the blog is to illustrate, educate, and to have
fun. I like to make fun of things, especially myself.
Hopefully, beginners to experts will find something of
value. And, I hope o to learn from my readers.
The format of the blog will evolve over time so please be
patient.
This Blog is very similar to my adventure in organic
farming. Right now, I really don’t know
what I am doing. But I will keep lugging away and learn and grow. Hopefully, in
a short time I will re-read this first entry and see noticeable improvement!
Why did I start organic gardening? A family health issue forced a
lifestyle change.
I remember the first time, with my new found purpose, I went to
the vegetable section of the supermarket. If they didn’t have pictures next to
the names of the vegetables I never would have found the parsnips. When I planted my first vegetables, my
neighbor across the street said that I looked like I was “willing” them to grow
as I stood over them. One day, my
neighbor from down the block stuck his head over the fence asked my how my
garden was going. I replied, “I don’t know is this good?” He looked around and
said I was doing well. He grew up on a farm. I felt proud. I was on my way.
Now, I can hang with the farmers at the local Farmers
Market. Local restaurants ask me for vegetables. I even get asked about how my crops did
during the year.
The purpose of writing this paragraph is not to brag, it is
to show you that if I can do it, anyone can.
I will try to right a blog entry about every other day. Sample topics to be included are:
- · Recent events, sort of a diary, (gardening for me is a 12 month process) with pictures and descriptions
- · Current gardening techniques. What works for me, why, and what else I’ve tried
- · Beginning gardening; how to start from scratch and get you to the next level
- · How to enjoy the gardening cycle every step of the way
- · How to recover if you run into trouble with something
- · How I use simple low cost methods that you can save money. I am a good scrounger
- · Above all, information, positive reinforcement, and comedy
Again, thank you for reading my first blog.
