My Great Green Dream

Alright first off, thanks to Miss Mary an old friend and incredible talented lady whose recent post on Olivet has had me thinking about my own efforts to be a little greener.

We all know how I feel about growing your own food, and how excited I am to be able to try my own little green thumb out this year. High on my post moving in agenda list was to get a soil sample in to the local Ag extension office to figure out what kind of soil we're working with over here in Orange Park. (You can do the same by finding your local UF/IFAS extension office here). I'm pretty excited people, and expecting to be able to have at least a few meals supplemented with some home-grown-goodness this year! Don't worry we'll try to share =)

Anyways, recognizing that it may take a while to be able to partake of my un-planted gardens goodness, I was really excited to find, via Olivet, this directory of local farms, farmers markets, and otherwise locally grown food in our area. Go check out Local Harvest, and give my a call if you want to join in on my farmers markets visits this month!

Another great resource to eating, and loving a more healthy lifestyle is Sustainable Table, that offers shopping guides, meal ideas and recipes, as well as tips and pointers on how to support local sustainable produce. I'm really excited about exploring this one!

I'm not trying to be on any kind of soap box here guys, just really excited about eating a little better, and supporting our local economy more this year!