check it out! I have sproutlings! When I discovered this last night, you would have thought I won the lottery. I was jumping around and yelling like a crazy lady. I have been so nervous about this resolution I made in January. To eat vegetables out of my own garden.
I am not garden material, I have a black thumb, I kill plants. So to see sprouts from seeds I planted just a week ago is a big deal to me and I will probably bore the socks off of anyone I encounter to tell about this. Now that I know I can germinate seeds, I don't want to kill them. I've been researching and reading everything I can about organic gardening. Composts, sigh. I'm not there yet.
This has absolutely nothing to do with weight loss directly, but I feel that everything is related and interconnected. How will this garden help me to be healthier?
* Physical labor. Gardening is hard work. Josh has been cutting down weeds over the weekend and next I will be helping him remove said weeks plus shoveling up potential garden land. Not to mention all of the weeding, planting, watering etc. that is involved.
* Eating better. Maybe I've watched too much or read too much about chemicals in food, but it really bothers me. It bothers me that food that is supposed to be good for us has had the DNA messed with to look prettier in the store, has had chemicals sprayed on them to kill bugs. Nothing really compares to garden vegetables, they are totally unequal and far superior in taste to something grown many many miles away. This is a whole other post, but did you know one of the monster food corps (Monsanto) is trying to pass a law prohibiting home gardening? This happens to be the same corporation that went through a milk lawsuit a few years back for their hormone usage and unethical treatment of cows. Sigh.
* Focus on something besides myself, my eating issues, and being fat. Have you had those days when your soul is filled up, you've done something good and you feel good about it? For me, those days are spent being creative, helping others, reading a good book, listening to music or spending time with people I enjoy and those are the times that I don't think or obsess over food. Finding ways to fill voids that don't involve food can be really beneficial to losing weight. I know that I overeat to keep myself from being happy, but when I do things that make me feel good I don't want to overeat. The more of these things I do, the less important overeating becomes. Does that makes sense? I feel like I rambled that point out, but doing this makes me feel good, it gives me confidence and makes me feel like I can make things happen.
Congrats, Veggie Mama! That picture right there is my absolute favortie part of planting from seeds. There’s just something so cool about seeing that little bit of green poking out of the dirt…
YAY! Great job! I’m starting veggies from seeds this year too and it’s going pretty well so far! We can compare notes all summer. I think gardening is just plain good for the soul.
I am so proud of your seedlings. My husband and I do a little hobby gardening, also. We have 9 raised beds that occupy a space in our back yard. I love to watch things grow. We usually plant tomatoes, okra, green beans, onions, squash and we are going to try our hands at brocolli this summer for the first time. HAVE A BALL!!
Very nice, my seedlings are already three inches tall as I am getting my roof garden together. This is my first time as well and it is sooooo exciting to watch things grow. Good luck with all your gardening efforts!
There’s a great book by Sophie Uliano called “Gorgeously Green; 8 Simple Steps to an Earth Friendly Life” that talks about a lot of this stuff. She offers a lot of resources and tips on how to live greener, plus she’s entertaining and realistic. I highly recommend it!
That’s awesome! What veggies will you grow? I have a small tomato garden in my backyard and sometimes it is a lot of work but…my tomatoes are pesticide free, plentiful, and make great little gifts to give to neighbors, family and friends. It’s also great to get out in the sunshine, which in small amounts is so healthy for everyone. I recommend putting down mulch to help with the weeding situation. I’ve decided that it’s the watering part and harvesting part of gardening I enjoy the most, not the weeding! LOL Enjoy!
Yay for you with spoutlings! And how very scary about Monsanto…
nice job. its another good hobby (gardening) and eating organic food is also healthy and less exposure to nitrates and pesticide residues and fertilizers.
WOw, you’ve inspired me! I have a black thumb, too. But perhaps luck has changed and I have been granted the ability to grow something. Can’t wait to find out.