in a few days it will be january, and yet i'm still picking swiss chard, cilantro, and even have broccoli coming up in my yard. i am LOVING this mild winter so far.
to keep me occupied while my yard is quiet, i've been researching and reading, and have decided to incorporate my findings into my future blogs. hopefully over the next year or two, there will be a shift from gardening in a downtown backyard in louisville, kentucky, to gardening on a spanish-speaking organic host farm in argentina, to gardening in my very own (questionable quality) dirt outside my very own (round and adorable) yurt in some location yet to be chosen.
a great book i just finished is "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle", by Barbara Kingsolver. for anyone who is wondering why they should pursue a local, self-sufficient lifestyle and cuisine, this will convince you. for anyone who already understands the reasons why, this book will only back up your resolve. this book comes HIGHLY recommended by me.
that's all for now. i'm checking out root cellaring and cheap rural land on www.billyland.com.
sometimes it's nice to just hunker down in the wintertime and dream of summers elsewhere...
