Grow What You Can Wherever You Can
We continue growing some during our transition to Vermont
As we continue working on our Vermont Urban Farm project, we have found a small but lovely apartment to serve as our temporary home. As nice as it is, one thing became really clear: we missed growing food and sharing our home with other living things. Our solution was to convert a large west-facing window into a lovely window garden, where we are growing 30 seadling oak trees that we plan on bringing to Vermont to line our driveway. We are also growing some of our favorite spices, like rosemary, chives and basil, along with some different varieties of lettuce.
With seedlings coming up and plants growing, the extra life in our home brings warmth and beauty to the space, not to mention that we have already begin using some of the spice to enhance the flavor of our food, which helps up feel more connected to the earth. This little project has added some extra fun to our lives and helped us to appreciate more fully that everyone has the ability to grow some of their own food. It has also made it clear that doing so can add all kinds of value to peoples’ lives.
The fact of the matter is that almost everyone has at lease some window space where they could grow some food. It does not take as much space as you might think!