http://www.changeeverything.ca/blog/mackh/feed A users blog rss feed en-Custom http://www.changeeverything.ca/blog/mackh/zero-mile-diet-planting-and-harvesting <p> I totally agree, its a good time to be growing more food. We're loosing our farming skills as a population, and immaculate lawns are not all that tasty. </p> <p>  <a href="http://www.saltspringseeds.com" title="Saltspring Seeds">Saltspring seeds</a>, Dan Jason's fantastic organization, provides a <a href="http://www.saltspringseeds.com/catalog/zero_mile_diet.cfm">Zero Mile Diet kit</a>, which contains  enough seed to feed a family for a year (if we had the land for it).   </p> <p> This year we made our garden a bit bigger, and we started experimenting<br /> with different crops than just the usuals, getting into micro patches<br /> of quinoa, barley and wheat.  Beans in a variety of types, potatoes,<br /> tomatoesm  cucumbers, parsnips, carrots, lettuce, squash and leeks were<br /> all on the mene this year. </p> <p> Its been really rewarding for us to see the seeds turn into dinner.  Today I am going to plant the winter garlic (plant in Oct, harvest in April) and put the summer garden to bed. </p> http://www.changeeverything.ca/blog/mackh/zero-mile-diet-planting-and-harvesting#comments farming food organic seeds urban food security Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:12:39 -0700 mackh 7119 at http://www.changeeverything.ca http://www.changeeverything.ca/blog/mackh/todo-lists-drupal <p>i can help you, what about a checklist type thing?</p> http://www.changeeverything.ca/blog/mackh/todo-lists-drupal#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:55:25 -0700 mackh 7116 at http://www.changeeverything.ca