Diane Young Boosts The Community

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Good afternoon, 

I've been growing plants/food since I was a small child. My mother & grandmother have the gift to grow & passed it down to me. I firmly believe in teaching our children, friends & neighbors how to grow at least some of their own food. Globally bees & pollinators desperately need our help. That coupled with our current pandemic creates a pressing need for us to give up our toxic pointless "green grass lawns" & convert that valuable space to produce safe, healthy, sustainable food! Grass, the type most use for those "perfect lawns" typically use a great deal of water & toxic chemicals that end up in our aquifers. Whereas if we use our yards to grow plants/food & flowers/medicine grown with safe chemical free soil, mulch & maure help us feed ourselves & the pollinators we need for much of our food production.

It's a small investment in ourselves & our communities. If at the end of the season you carefully save seeds you need only buy seeds once. There's also a seed share & seed saver community that encourages the sharing of non gmo & heirloom varieties of flowers/plants/medicine/food. Can't seem to grow maybe onions, no problem trade some of your tomatoes with a neighbor for some onions. If we as a society share this powerful knowledge on how to grow, cultivate & share we increase our bonds, independence & sense of community.

I feel blessed to have & be able to share not only my garden but also the knowledge on how to grow. If we as a society come together and reject lawns & all the toxins & pointless waste and replace it with gardens we can start to heal such a large part of our world one yard at a time. Love yourself, love your neighbors, love nature & heal the world.  💕 💕 💕  Dee Young 

  Although I've enjoyed gardening for many years, I never thought I would be able to grow my own vegetables. I always admired those who were able to do so, but somehow was convinced I didn't "have what it takes." Then, in March, I began working from home due to the quarantine, and I realized just how important a measure of self-sufficiency is when it is too risky to go to the market. This time, I was determined to become a true victory gardener. I read all the books I could get my hands on, bought tons of seeds, and also got lots of inspiration from the Victory Gardens Revival facebook group. Since March, I learned two things: 

1. growing your own food is incredibly exciting and even addictive (my seed burgeoning collection attests to that); and

 2. Gardening is not for the faint of heart. With all the little victories some the many challenges, but it's been so worth it. 

Martina

California