Lawn to Edible Garden

Lawn to Edible Garden
Welcome to our family's journey as we respond to some of the large issues we are all faced with in today's world: Peak Oil, Climate Change, destruction of natural habitats, population explosion, depletion of resources...We have tried to address these issues both by learning as much as we can about them and also by walking with a smaller footprint on the earth. We have tried to respond in a personal and practical way. We live in a small, relatively energy efficient house, we are learning about gardening, we are vegetarians, we serve on community boards and teach university classes to raise awareness...but we are by no means experts about any of these subjects.

It is because we are not experts that we are writing this blog! We have realized that it might be helpful to others to share our journey with its ups and downs, mistakes, misunderstandings, and confusion - as well as all the things we have learned along the way. We hope that you will find the inspiration to jump in and do what you can, even if you have no idea what to do!


Be sure to read the 2009 posts because they cover the basics!!

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Color

As an artist I am fascinated with the color of freshly grown food. The eggplant in this picture is from one of the local organic farms, and the rest of the squash and zucchini is from our garden. The purple color of the eggplant is so vivid - I almost hated to eat it! All the colors together create a lovely palette.

I made some cheesecake with local blackberries the other day, and the blackberry sauce was a fuchsia/magenta color! Wow - it was a visual pleasure to eat! Local, organic food not only tastes good and is nutritious, but it LOOKS good as well!
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