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This is the chronicle of our journey through the 21st century and our exploration and implementation of a greener lifestyle for our family. We are a family of four humans in suburban St Louis, Missouri, USA. We have always been Earth-conscious but have become even more aware recently of all of the things we can be doing to not only leave a smaller carbon footprint behind but to also increase our sustainable use of our land and resources to work and live in harmony with the earth and so have decided to embark on this journey to change our lives in many of those ways.



Saturday, May 7, 2011

Phase 0

We have always planted a garden plot in our back yard.  It has been 8x10 and it has yielded wonderful tomatoes every time and a few other things as we have experimented over the years.  This year we have decided to be bold and completely think outside the box as far as our garden space.  We are going from 80 square feet of garden to over 500!!!!  It is going to be quite different and we're hoping a food revolution of sorts for ourselves.  We have always strived to eat a balanced diet and be as healthy as we can within our limitations of location and food availability and this is an opportunity for us to not have to depend on others for that but to be able to grow, eat, can and savor our own food on a much larger scale and we can't wait!

So here it is that we start.  This is the front and back yards before we have placed the raised garden beds.


The Oak Plot                          The Original Garden Plot
 




Front yard
 


 The raised beds where we think we want them.....



Oak Plot

 


Original Garden Plot


  



 
  


Front Yard

Tomorrow we will line the bed frames and walkways in preparation for dirt and mulch!

Hope you had a wonderful Saturday :)

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