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Its been such a long time since I've posted!

We have been so busy with life and I have been either sick or down with a bad back for months. But I've decided not to let those things stop me from doing what I'm passionate about and that's growing my own food in a sustainable way and to work hard to have the lowest impact on this earth I possibly can. Frankly I haven't been doing a very good job of it lately.

Even with my bad back I've gotten some of my gardening started for the spring. Our chicken coop is being revamped by my ever so handy husband and we are very much looking forward to all of the good food we will have come summer time!

I have also taken to eating more vegetarian than before. I'm a down home meat and potatoes gal, but after looking at the industrialized meat production we have in the US I just cannot continue to eat meat from that system. Yes, we do have some sustainable meat producers in our food shed, but it's expensive to start up buying it, just as it is to join a CSA. I will do them both, but I have to save some money up first to get started.

Not buying meat as often as I used to has helped our budget. In my last grocery trip I loaded up with a cart full of healthy choices paying attention to where things were grown or produced. I did my best to stay away from GMO products and processed foods in general. I also bought from the bulk section to keep the packaging waste down. Plus it's less expensive. I have only had to go back to the store for milk and things I needed for specific recipes I didn't buy originally. It's saved us a ton of money!

Here are some pictures of the happenings here:

Our chicken coop was way too small for our 7 chickens and they had to spend most of the winter cooped up in it. So we decided to make them a much larger area while still keeping them in a space that is away from the garden.

Wire mesh will enclose the space
This is the outside. Corrugated plastic will keep water out. We are recycling what had originally been on the house.
Two of our chickens enjoying their new space
We watched the documentary Tapped and decided that even though we do not buy a lot of bottled water we would order some water bottles that filter the water to make sure we have water everywhere we go.
One small greenhouse full of starts and that's not even all of them!