The other day I was looking through some articles posted on a certain search engine and came upon one that shocked me.
I suppose shocked is not the word but more like oh my gosh.
It was a projection of what we can expect to pay for common items we use everyday in 2015.
These items included bread, milk, fresh fruits and vegetables along with meat. Milk was projected to be $4.00 a gallon while ordinary loaf bread was expected to be around $3.00 a loaf. Fruits and vegetables were anticipated to be slightly higher while meat had a moderate increase depending on the species.
I wonder how in the world are we, as a society, going to handle this increase and then I remembered something. This valuable imperative is part of a country music song that says it all and that is a country boy, or in my case girl, will survive. And how true this is in the world we live in now.
I have learned through my teaching career and life experiences that the human race’s survival skills seem to decrease with each generation. We also seem to get farther and farther away from where our food comes from with each generation. And this distance seems to increase along with our human girth.
Many powerful people have tried many different programs to educate the American people on gardening and food choices. One program that is going on right now is the one started through Michelle Obama on the White House lawn. She has shown that even the First Lady can garden but even the most humble person can bring about change.
A solution to this problem or away of swinging the survival pendulum back is to share any agricultural knowledge one may have or experience. A belief I have is that I can tell you how to do it and you retain a little. I show you how to do it and again you may retain some of what you saw but if I show, tell, and have you do it then you or society will be able to repeat the tasks. In some situations, this could mean survival.
Another approach to help the agriculturally challenged masses is to adopt an elderly neighbor or young couple in ones neighborhood. Show them that regardless of where you live you can garden. Teach them container gardening, vertical gardening or whatever technique works for their environment.
If this opportunity does not appeal to you, then plant an extra row or PAR in your garden and share it with those less fortunate. Regardless of which approach you choose, keep in mind that gardening not only provides exercise, and social opportunities but also a way of protecting ones budget.
So until we blog again, it is true that a country person will survive but gardening can save many stressed budgets. Just put a seed in some soil whether in the ground or container and prepare for the miracle that has saved humanity time, and time again. And next year plan a little bigger garden that creates that budget barrier that we all can use now and in the future.
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