metro farming: October beginnings

Thursday, October 1, 2009

October beginnings

Worm's eye view of the cold crop seedlings. Nice to have an entire bed of things sprouting while everything else is slowly withering away.

2 comments:

Jo said...: It's nice to have something to look forward to now that the cooler weather is here. We've got a slight drizzle here today. The first rain we've had for ages.; October 2, 2009 at 7:17 AM
Christopher Paquette said...: I have always wanted to do this, and never seem to find the time or energy to dig out the summer crops and start a Fall garden.

But you are so right, this is like Spring all over again... I love walking out there every morning and seeing what is happening.; October 3, 2009 at 11:12 AM

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Welcome to Metro Farming! A blog devoted to the joys and rewards of growing, eating, and sharing high quality organic produce.

"The time is past to think of this as a hobby for enthusiasts; it is a fundamental part of human life."

Those words were written 30 years ago by Christopher Alexander in his book A Pattern Language in the chapter on vegetable gardening. Alexander warned of the disconnection that people have from their food sources, and the resulting insecurities and imbalances that follow. I firmly believe that we are now almost past the point of no return for most of American society in the loss of connection to the soil and our food sources. We make ourselves feel warm and fuzzy by buying organic foods at the Supermarket, and yet we have no idea where these foods were grown or how they were processed and packaged.

It is only by growing at least some of our own foods in soils that we have dug and prepared with our own hands, and in sharing that produce with our friends and neighbors, can we truly get back to the fundamental organic security that we all need as humans.

This blog is a diary of the journey back...