3/28/12

Heal World with Villages and Gardens. Begin in the home and yard. (CHECK!) :D

I hear reports on NPR. Morning blah,blah,blah. (That's bad right? Makes me look like I don't care?) ~sighs~ That is frustrating. And as a person, I  DO CARE! (Bunches and bunches til it hurts a bit.) But,..somehow the natural feeling that strikes me, is that I could really care less about how many hard goods were sold more or less nationwide so sayeth some firm, (sponsored by Almighty-KNOWS-who). "They" keep telling me things,..but less and less about what concerns ME! What I have a hand in!
No,..I listen to know if my friends abroad are okay, and if neighbors are planting corn early this year! That is ACTUALLY amongst my daily and now-type concerns.( Or if they have any feelings on hail to come,..or how they keep their cat out of the roses! Ha! ) 
 The TRUTH is that Local-life is everything! I care about Our World,and think it would have less problems with more gardens and more people gardenING! And..that's WHY I am planting a Garden! I care if there is war-mongering around Our planet,..that I care about an awful LOT,..but partially, aside from the atrocity of the "idea" and it's obvious murderous consequences,.. it is because it sets out-of-balance the rhythm of life, the cycles of growing, and the stewardship of gardening Eden! And Gardening Eden is our Greatest Teacher and Healer. (Everywhere!)So,..enough with saber-rattling already! Where's everyone's Victory garden like I hear tale of from times past? This is War now! A BATTLE for independent right of SELF-AWAKENING, to do better, not worse. NOW that means Victory of Independance of the chaos that's handed out as a solution. You know the solution. If you can't rely on anyone else,..Do It Your Self! Victory Gardens of Yore may have been encouraged by the Gov of Yore,..but that just isn't what we are dealing with anymore. So,..we have to encourage each other I think! On a VERY neighbor to neighbor, friend to friend level. Its just GOT be done locally! Can  I hear it again??
 (You may shout here:"Locally!!" )
 EVERYTHING possible! (And A LOT is Possible these days to get locally!)
Banking,..vegetable buying,..eggs,..meat,..milk, cheese,sprouts, herbs,homeopathy, etc! And it is easy to use local shops for your car and eat at local eateries,..especially ones that support LOCAL Agriculture and distributors, like Cafe DeCamp here in Billings, Montana! So RAD. And SUPER yummy too! With DANK local-yum beers and wine! Places like that just go to show how things CAN be thoughtfully, locally done!
 Start a grocery co-op in your neighborhood to get what you need closer TO you! Change Zoning laws to support REAL LIFE commerce everywhere! Where people sew and knit and make  and create for each other! Where we seek out skilled craftsmen and women amongst us whom are masters in many a lost (but needed) skill and Art. Wake UP to your neighborhood,..and if it is asleep,..FIX IT! Wake it with Gardening bustle and smiles first maybe.(Always best to awaken to Love's ways!) Then, build on that. I Plan on gardening in containers over all of my grass this year. I'll be writing a letter to my neighbors explaining that I am willing to share tomatoes and corn,zucchini and green beans.(Maybe beets and greens too..) ;D

1 comment:

Jeff said...

I have a couple of comments. First, on the part of NPR and the news. I KNOW!!! Why the fuck do they give us the stupid stock report daily? Let's say Wal-Mart cuts back wages and fires a bunch of people, the stock will go up. It's a dumb barometer. I'd prefer to have a happiness index or, at least, a report on daily indicators from the Human Development Index.

On the local foods aspect. I just read the book, Switch: How to change with things are difficult. The authors wrote about a small town in the Dakotas that came back from asking people to buy more local - instead of trying to attract a big employer - and IT WORKED!!!! I'll see if I can find the little bit and send it to you. You may enjoy it.