What better way to have a backyard adventure than to grow a garden?
Here is my new “Grow Food NOT Grass” sign that I made using a wood burner, a nice piece of walnut and some scraps. This goes with the terraced garden that I built in the spring. Actually, this is the front lawn, so my sign also serves to inspire everyone that walks past to plant their own garden.
I like to be a good neighbor and encourage people to cooperate, so I actually encourage people to take vegetables from my garden. But you’ll notice that I do put all the hot peppers upfront. I don’t want them to take everything. Haha. The best part is that sometimes my neighbors surprise me with some eggs from their chicken or a jar of jam.
A garden not only saves money, but it’s also more healthy and better for the environment. Some interesting factoids:
Over 90% of the vegetables in the grocery store come from a different state.
Almost all grocery store vegetables, even organic, use pesticides and fertilizers.
If everyone grew their own garden, we could save billions of dollars and billions of gallons of gas. Gas is not only used to
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Grow Food NOT Grass
What better way to have a backyard adventure than to grow a garden?
Here is my new “Grow Food NOT Grass” sign that I made using a wood burner, a nice piece of walnut and some scraps. This goes with the terraced garden that I built in the spring. Actually, this is the front lawn, so my sign also serves to inspire everyone that walks past to plant their own garden.
I like to be a good neighbor and encourage people to cooperate, so I actually encourage people to take vegetables from my garden. But you’ll notice that I do put all the hot peppers upfront. I don’t want them to take everything. Haha. The best part is that sometimes my neighbors surprise me with some eggs from their chicken or a jar of jam.
A garden not only saves money, but it’s also more healthy and better for the environment. Some interesting factoids:
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