Dreams of Growing Food
May. 31st, 2013 11:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
plumtreeblossomI love growing vegetables in containers on my balcony. I'm doing it for the 4th year this year. But I dream of one day having the space for a proper in-ground vegetable garden. Big enough to produce more than my little balcony does. I long so much to have an urban micro-farm of my own.
In addition to the vegetables, I would have a few fruit trees, and some berry bushes. Oh, and part of the vegetable garden would be Three Sisters gardening. Everything would be heirloom stock; no GMO! I would learn to do real canning (as opposed to the refrigerator canning I do now), and have a pantry full of wholesome home-sourced food for my household. I would also share it and barter it for other people's home-sourced foods that I don't have, like honey or eggs. If I could meet some hunters, I'd barter for meat, too. It's only a fantasy for now, but I so hope someday it comes true.
Isn't it a sorry state of affairs when a food sourcing lifestyle that most people in America used to have by default at least in part is now a nearly unrealistic pipe dream? I recognize that I'm letting my privilege run unchecked by even wanting this, when millions of people in this country dream only that a genuine grocery store will open in their food desert neighborhood so they won't have to live out of convenience stores and McDonalds anymore. Still, I very much hope I can grow more food one day. I think I'm a city girl with a farmer's heart.
EDIT: I forgot the grape arbor!
In addition to the vegetables, I would have a few fruit trees, and some berry bushes. Oh, and part of the vegetable garden would be Three Sisters gardening. Everything would be heirloom stock; no GMO! I would learn to do real canning (as opposed to the refrigerator canning I do now), and have a pantry full of wholesome home-sourced food for my household. I would also share it and barter it for other people's home-sourced foods that I don't have, like honey or eggs. If I could meet some hunters, I'd barter for meat, too. It's only a fantasy for now, but I so hope someday it comes true.
Isn't it a sorry state of affairs when a food sourcing lifestyle that most people in America used to have by default at least in part is now a nearly unrealistic pipe dream? I recognize that I'm letting my privilege run unchecked by even wanting this, when millions of people in this country dream only that a genuine grocery store will open in their food desert neighborhood so they won't have to live out of convenience stores and McDonalds anymore. Still, I very much hope I can grow more food one day. I think I'm a city girl with a farmer's heart.
EDIT: I forgot the grape arbor!