“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” – Anne Frank
I’ve started this blog in response to two things I’ve learned in my lifetime: be a stand and act now. Therefore, I’m acting as a stand for independence, as an America, as a Marine, and as an urban farmer.
I am just like most married men out there; I want to provide for my family. As the lower income earner in the household, there seems to be an internal struggle to prove that I can, in fact, provide for my family, despite my relatively meager salary. As such, I’ve been driven into urban farming.
For years, I’ve fancied myself an environmentalist, treehugger type. However, my fervor has been far greater than my actions.
Today, I find myself with the land, time, and opportunity to make a difference.
Two months ago, I converted our first wasted ‘garden’ into a square foot garden. There were several obnoxious, ugly bushes that had been poorly manicured into pillars, and several dead-ish shrubs and flowers. The irrigation was jacked up, and the site was a far cry from the original owners’ vision, I’m sure. But, it had great southern exposure and plenty of promise.
I got an axe, a shovel, and some irrigation fixins. Then, I got busy.
We had a wonderful go with kale, nasturtiums, marigolds, corn, beans…the ‘bed’ was really producing for my family, until the gophers destroyed everything but the heirloom cherry tomatoes. It was obviously time to get more serious.
So it began, my transformation into an urban farmer.
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