Isn't the gardening community wonderful? I love to hear what other
people are doing around the country.
It is so sad to think that people are gardening less and less these
days. I've been doing a considerable amount of research on the
gardening industry as a whole. Studies indicate that more and more
people are doing less and less of the gardening themselves and instead
hiring landscaping companies to do everything for them. Nothing
against landscaping companies, but in my community everyone's yards
look exactly alike. Same plants, same layout, blah, blah, blah.
I am currently working on a new article for my Web site,
xylemandphloem.com about this dilemma. I would love to hear everyone's
ideas about how we as passionate gardeners can encourage more people
to take an active part in cultivating their own land in meaningful and
sustainable ways. How can we reach a younger generation?
I am 25 years old, and I work hard to educate my peers about the
importance of sustainable living. One of the the things that I try to
drill home has to do with organic foods.
In my opinion, the media has done a very poor job of conveying the
REAL importance of purchasing and eating organic foods. Yes, they are
free of pesticides and chemicals and GMOs, and thus healthier for us.
But buying organic foods demonstrates our choice to support farmers
and agriculture operations that are building the soil instead of
depleting it, working in harmony with nature instead of against it.
It's more than an issue of health; it's an issue of turning back the
clock on years of ecological manipulation.
What are everyone's thoughts on these issues? What are you or people
in your community doing to spark a "garden revolution"?
Callie
Dallas, TX
http://www.xylemandphloem.com
"Think Globally, Eat Locally"=20
--- In GardeningOrganically@yahoogroups.com, "Sandy Hansen"
> Hello all. I am new to this group but not new to gardening. I
thought I would jump in and first tell you a bit about myself. My name
is Sandy and I live in Missouri, just outside the St Louis area. We
right now have lots of snow and ice so the last few days have been
fun. I work for Home Depot and getting to work on Friday was a trip.
> I love to garden, and am a big beliver in composting. My motto is if
it came from the earth it needs to go back to the earth. I both flower
garden and fruit/veggie garden. The fruit trees here are apple, pear,
peach(lots of peach trees as that is the one fruit I really love), and
plum(lots of them because the husband loves them).
> Here is my photobucket page, I also do counted cross stitch(needle
arts) so there are photos of that in there.
