Time Vampires
Not much has happened on the gardening front since my last post. Planning, reading and thinking yes, but no ground has been broken, no seeds have been purchased. The usual time vampires suck at my most precious resource and to be honest by the end of most days I’m so spent that even if I do find a little extra time, the thought of putting spade to earth isn’t appealing in the least unless, of course, we’re speaking metaphorically! I’m currently reading two books, Michael Pollen’s In Defense of Food and Gardening When it Counts, by Steve Solomon. Pollen’s book in particular tends to get me following mental tangents. One such mental tour had me mulling the relationship between how we spend our time and how we eat. Like anything else that we wish to “do well” eating well requires discipline which demands time and effort. You just don’t decide you’re going to start eating well one day and begin shopping at the "Eat Well” grocer the next. Besides the time you spend procuring and prepar...