January may be over, but green resolutions never go out of style.
Here's another one: organic gardening.
By planting something, almost anything, we get the pleasure of connecting to nature, to its cycles, and in the case of planting edibles, we get to connect more fully to our own food. Plus, the fruits of your own labor, fresh from the garden, always taste better than that which has traveled 1,500 miles to get to our fork.
So even if you don't have the gusto be an all-out organic farmer, you can continue to support them by buying from a farmers' market or CSA (which typically travel under 200 miles to get to cooks and eaters) while supplementing your produce with what you grow yourself as organic farmer in training. No land to speak of? Try containers for everything from rosemary to blueberries(!!) to squash.
All Shades owner, Liza, is growing some of her own food organically in Israel. Check out her soy milk carton containers for seeds that she's planted (with the help of her own home-brewed nutrient-rich compost). When they've grown into seedlings, they'll be headed for the soil.
The containers:
Planting seeds in soil/compost mix:
Water for the thirsty:
And wouldn't you know it, we've got a workshop that can help you on your path to a green thumb. Once a month, sustainability coach Deborah will hold a weekend workshop in a local backyard for all gardeners in training to dig, plant, and talk shop about how to grow an organic garden. And Deborah should know, she's been doing this for over a decade and is certified in permaculture design, bio-intensive organic gardening and compost education.
Organic Gardening Workshop
Saturday, January 31st
1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Los Feliz
*Please call (323) 665- 7454 or email creativegreen@hotmail.com for more information or to register.*
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