Garden Exhiliration

I feel there are times in your life when something happens that afterwards you say "that just felt right".

I say this because this weekend I was able to have my very own experience mirroring that very feeling. It came at around 2:00 p.m. on Sunday as I was picking green beens out of a garden at my girfriends parents house.

Now I have always been the sort to enjoy the outdoors, I started a Green Committee at work, and have in theory always said I wanted to garden. However after actually taking food out of a garden and learning great deal in the process (thanks to my gf's aunt) I can say with certainty that eco-friendly gardening is in my future for sure.

I don't know that to many events to this point in my life have sent so clear a message as picking those vegetables from the earth sent to me. The idea of self sufficiency has always been my goal, but creating your own source of food, removing yourself from the dependency of the grocer..now that just felt good.

Recently I have begun to feel as though I am getting a real passion in life for recylcing, reuse, and sustainability. In every area. The idea of being effecient, and non-dependent becomes more appealing daily as I see the rest of the world crumble. Look for more posts to come, and take my advice. Get in the garden and feel your own roots grow.