Inspiration For All of Us

One of our influences in vegetable gardening was reading Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. If you haven't read it yet, please do. It's the story of how Kingsolver's family moved to southwest Virginia from across country and committed to either growing or buying locally all the food they would eat for a year.

The book provides lots of background information on the potential benefits and consequences of our different food choices. It also tells the story (Kingsolver is a wonderful writer) of how their family managed to achieve their year-long goal.

To the point, to the point. There is a website for the book which shows pictures, shares recipes and even has an online index for the book. I also just stumbled across a new link on the site, Vegetable Yardscaping. Take a peek. For those of you who don't have a lot of space, you can read about what others are doing in their suburban neighborhoods in the way of gardening.

Do you have a corner you hate weeding? Do you wish you could add some landscaping, but don't want to spend money on bushes and perennials right now? Check out the link, be inspired and plant some food. Pin It