since i'm struggling to get the garden in again this year due to my rambunctious toddler, i thought taking the id challenge would be a good moral booster for me. i try to practice this idea anyway during the growing seasons so it's a great reminder of how much i really do even when it feels like i do nothing.
thanks to gina for prodding me back into this challenge! i believe sharon (the creator of this great challenge) is starting up again too at her blog.
1. plant something
~transplanted 8 jewelweed plants from woods to closer to our house
~rattlesnake pole beans
~rutabagas
~radishes
~okra
~beets
~turnips
~amish pie pumpkins
~ eggplants
~6 tomatillos
~280' sweet corn
~juilette and something else tomatoes
~lipstick pimento pepper
2. harvest something:
~milk
~eggs (chicken and turkey)
~dandelions
~violets
~various leaves for making my morning tea: sage, bergamot, thyme, oregano, echinacea, motherwort, dandelion, lemon balm, peppermint, spearmint
~grass from the lawn to feed to the sheep and goats
~asparagus
~radishes, lettuce, spinach, chickweed, dandelion leaves, kale, mint, lemon balm, cilantro, dill, borage, lamb's quarters for salad
3. preserve something:
~dandelion jelly
4. Reduce waste:
~use canvas bags at grocery store
~re-use egg cartons for our nest run eggs
~use plastic shopping bags for trash bags
5. Preparation and Storage:
~mulched paths
6. build community food systems:
~sold eggs & milk to local people
~started writing june issue of herbal roots to teach children about using herbs medicinally and for food
~met with the director of willoughby farm to discuss my master naturalist intern project, installing a woodland medicine garden using native plants and trees; walked the site and picked a tentative location to create said garden
~a friend gave me 2 more tomato plants (juliette and something else) and 1 lipstick pimento pepper
~farmer's market opening day!
7. eat the food:
~weeds from my garden, using lamb's quarters sprouts by the handfuls (we let a lot go to seed last year)
~spinach, lettuce, radishes, chickweed, kale, chard, asparagus, dill, cilantro, borage for salads
2 comments:
Wow! As always, Tansy, you have an incredible amount of things going on. I'm wishing you good weather this year!
Also, glad to hear you got some truck-loads of mulch. I'm hoping I can flag down the electric guys this year and get them to dump some here.
Ron
I had to laugh at the transplanting jewel weed ... mostly at myself.
Somehow or other we ended up with jewel weed all over the yard, and for years, I was pulling this stuff up and trying to get rid of it. It's tenacious! Then, we figured out what it was ;).
Anyway, I think it's cool that you're putting it in your yard, and I think it's my shame that it took me so long to appreciate it volunteering in mine ;).
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