tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post7314065126277632763..comments2023-08-29T03:54:10.755-07:00Comments on A Thinking Stomach: How Green is My Garden?Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12607821498331135305noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-49561325943674815932007-05-15T20:58:00.000-07:002007-05-15T20:58:00.000-07:00Christa: I agree. I think that I tend towards ho...Christa: I agree. I think that I tend towards hopeful activities--teaching, gardening, and the like--because I would fall apart if I didn't. Gardening makes my decisions about the environment ever-present in my mind, reminding me why I need to take the extra time and effort to try to live as ecologically as possible. Thanks for coming by. Your garden photography is inspirational.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12607821498331135305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-11360648310821123142007-05-14T17:56:00.000-07:002007-05-14T17:56:00.000-07:00Christina,I have very similar thoughts about my ga...Christina,<BR/>I have very similar thoughts about my garden. I only grow a handful of this and a handful of that, and I like to think I am making a difference by growing some of my own food (and growing it organically), but the garden is really a luxury and I still have to buy most of my food. I try to always think of the ecologial impacts of my choices. I think the garden is what keeps me connected to nature. I enjoy all the little discoveries -- the bugs, the spiders, too. The garden keeps me grounded and it motivates me to keep taking steps for the environment -- even if they're seemingly small steps. It keeps me hopeful.Christahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01905386163490128028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-28066452646551936962007-05-07T21:44:00.000-07:002007-05-07T21:44:00.000-07:00Susan: Thanks for the perspective and the complim...Susan: Thanks for the perspective and the compliments. I appreciate both.<BR/><BR/>Nabeel: Welcome to my blog. I am growing melons vertically in my garden, but with limited space, I can't grow fruit trees. I do hope someday to have a yard where I can grow all kinds of fruit.<BR/><BR/>Susan in Italy: Thank you. If you were closer, I'd share.<BR/><BR/>Lucy: Welcome! This is my first garden as an adult in something other than patio pots, so I'm learning more and more with each week. Next warm season, I know I'm going to have to plant differently than I did this spring. Thank you for your inspiring efficiency. Thank you also for your compliments on my photos--I've checked out your own site, and the compliment means a lot from someone who takes such beautiful pictures.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12607821498331135305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-83271336188451582642007-05-07T15:11:00.000-07:002007-05-07T15:11:00.000-07:00Ah, I see your conundrum. I feel similarly guilty ...Ah, I see your conundrum. I feel similarly guilty at times about my little plot. But making that connection to food, the growing, tending and harvesting of it, is such an important skill. With it comes all sorts of knowledge. <BR/><BR/>We are fast running out of water in Australia, so fast in fact that it looks as though our farmers won't have any irrigation water next year, so I never, ever water from the garden tap. It's all water recycled in some way, from the kitchen, the bathroom or the laundry, bucket-ed out judiciously.<BR/><BR/>But those lovely, intimate photographs of yours remind me of the pleasure that tending the earth can bring. <BR/><BR/>Very pleased to have found your blog!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524429760235996360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-50929384993253990852007-05-07T09:14:00.000-07:002007-05-07T09:14:00.000-07:00Such pretty photos of the garden! I'm envious.Such pretty photos of the garden! I'm envious.Susan in Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03504876361780195313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-4195691245778845942007-05-06T11:00:00.000-07:002007-05-06T11:00:00.000-07:00You should also have fruits in your garden .. let ...You should also have fruits in your garden .. let me tell u a cool thing, try putting apple seeds and there's a 90% chance that the apples that grow will be of a different type (than the seed)Nabeelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17350990439729881786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-22074333529467072552007-05-05T03:38:00.000-07:002007-05-05T03:38:00.000-07:00Many of us have these kinds of quandaries. Perhap...Many of us have these kinds of quandaries. Perhaps considering what would become of your octagon if it wasn't a garden would help with perspective. Would it be a parking lot or convenience store with its own drains on the environment, yet no benefit to man nor beast? Good post, lovely photos.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970742141705361136noreply@blogger.com