I can’t write anything. I’ve started so many and just can’t complete a damn thing. I chalk it up to all the above mentioned. Add in peri-menopause, adhd, unhealed childhood trauma, christianity justifying all these horrible capitalist holidays.
I’m struggling to write anything that truthfully conveys how I’m feeling. On the urban agriculture question: I grow veggies in my front yard and have connected with a bunch of people who are also digging up their yards to grow food. I’d love to see more support for this and for it to become the norm rather than the pristine lawns so coveted by my neighbours (I’m in Seattle area of US). Folks seem to think that urban farms devalue their property and don’t see how they enrich the neighbourhood as a whole.
It’s a tiny trend in my part of the PNW but depends on the local City’s view of urban farming and whether the home is part of an HOA. We have to keep lobbying for our right to grow food, collect water, and keep chickens! We can feed each other!
Every time I look at people's ornamental lawns (and I mean like ornamental flowers and bushes are great) all I can think about is if we all planted edible lawns, how much more food there might be. Where I live has a bylaw against front yard gardens and it just makes NO SENSE.
I can’t write anything. I’ve started so many and just can’t complete a damn thing. I chalk it up to all the above mentioned. Add in peri-menopause, adhd, unhealed childhood trauma, christianity justifying all these horrible capitalist holidays.
Sending love Maria. It's okay to take a break, or brain dump (lol)
I’m struggling to write anything that truthfully conveys how I’m feeling. On the urban agriculture question: I grow veggies in my front yard and have connected with a bunch of people who are also digging up their yards to grow food. I’d love to see more support for this and for it to become the norm rather than the pristine lawns so coveted by my neighbours (I’m in Seattle area of US). Folks seem to think that urban farms devalue their property and don’t see how they enrich the neighbourhood as a whole.
Thats awesome. Was it a coordinated effort amongst neighbours or just one neigbour starting a trend?
It’s a tiny trend in my part of the PNW but depends on the local City’s view of urban farming and whether the home is part of an HOA. We have to keep lobbying for our right to grow food, collect water, and keep chickens! We can feed each other!
Every time I look at people's ornamental lawns (and I mean like ornamental flowers and bushes are great) all I can think about is if we all planted edible lawns, how much more food there might be. Where I live has a bylaw against front yard gardens and it just makes NO SENSE.