The Vision

I've asked myself this question a lot: given complete freedom, how would i spend my time?  How would I fill my time if there were no bills to pay, errands to run, student loans to dread or the necessary "work" it takes to take care of those "necessities?"
   What would I do if I were truly free?

   I'd grow food. And eat it... and tinker & toy with the numerous projects that entails.

   There have always been hurdles barring the path to such freedom.  And like most humans, I'm prone to use hurdles as excuses.  But I'm ready to jump, wanna jump with me?

I'm not going to wait until we own land.
I'm not going to wait until there's enough start-up capital.
I'm not going to wait until someday in the future, because if I do I'll find myself hoping to retire into the life I wanted when I was young.
I'm not even going to wait until I'm out of the suburbs.
I'm ready to grow, wanna grow with me?

I want Backyard Beddie's to foster a network of local folks growing food in their yards, on their patios, in their kitchens.  I need us to come together, so we can show each other that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.  I believe a coordinated network of avid micro-growers can produce enough food to provide for their community and earn a living.

I'm ready to plant, wanna plant with me?

i heart winter-spring.

      Sometimes i almost wish that google put a chip in my head so i could keep yous guys updated on things as i'm doing them.  As i stands, i mostly just wanna play in the dirt so i find myself with a swarm of projects to update after a few weeks.
    Let's start with our impulse-ordered strawberries and see how far we get from there (the sun's coming up and i can feel the yard calling me...beckoning me.....).  If you recall, we were shipped 50 bare-root strawberry plants the first wk in january, and i was caught entirely unprepared.  A minimal amount of research later, i decided i would heel in the plants in a container and keep them in the shed to try and maintain dormancy.
   Let's talk about stacking functions, real quick, which is fundamental to finding the good life.  Function stacking is a permaculture principle that allows you to maximize output from any given task or object.  To me, it's a way of thinking about projects that helps me avoid unnecessary labor.