It takes a garden..

Last weekend, I attended a wonderful workshop at the Denver Botanic Gardens (an AMAZING place, I highly recommend checking it out). It was taught by Sundari Kraft, who wrote a super informative  book called "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Urban Homesteading." She is the founder of  Heirloom Gardens, LLC. While I feel I am not a complete idiot when it comes to growing a garden, I know that I have A LOT to learn, so I was super excited to take the workshop and learn more about more great ways to grow food.
While not exactly on an urban plot out here on Peachtree Farmstead, the principles of having an efficient garden are the same. Whether you have ten square feet of space in your front yard or a couple of working acres in your backyard, growing a garden for food can be highly rewarding to well-being and health. At the workshop, Sundari shared her love for creating front yard gardens. I had never thought about it before, but it's such a cool point: Having a garden full of food in your front yard brings the idea of sustainability, self-sufficiency, and healthy living to the "forefront," if you will. A neighbor might walk by while you are watering, and ask how you how you prevented bottom rot on your tomatoes, or what type of squash you are growing. After awhile, your food-growing endeavors become the talk of the block! Pretty soon the kids next door are pulling weeds for you in exchange for some of those tasty canary melons you have too many of (they didn't know fruit could taste better than candy!). A sense of community is cultivated, along with all of the fixings for your yummy salads.
I am so excited to take part in the  movement of gardening organic food, and love to share the experience.

From the orchid exhibit at the Botanical Gardens