Am trying my best to simplify. This week is my birthday week and I've been on a healthy diet for the last six months - ever since my last stomach operation. I am convinced I can reverse all the damage with a steady diet of organically grown greens, fresh air and urban permaculture.
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Urban Farm Florida - Bamboo Chopsticks, Rocket Flowers & Cilantro!
So this week I am going to eat only what grows on our Urban Farm lot here in Jacksonville, supplemented with my favorite snack - herring.
I've really put forth the effort to simplify lately, passing along an entire truckload of tools I'd accumulated to my son Adam yet I still have a massive amount of 'stuff'. I want to simplify down to the bare minimum.
Recognizing my non-sustainable habits has been a learning experience. I had always thought nothing of grabbing a clean drinking glass from the kitchen cabinet when thirsty and putting it into the sink. Yet all those glasses and dishes add up to a cumulative carbon footprint with running the dishwasher, hot water, soap and then the human factor - all the hours of loading and unloading the dishwasher.
So I start my week with a new resolve. I am eating only from the urban farm - we have lots of veggies growing and then for protein supplement - my herring.
The real test will be at night when the 'sugar' urge kicks in. I'll be making a bee-line for the sugar snap peas probably.
Finally, in conjunction with the simplification and eating locally, I am adopting chop-sticks made from bamboo growing here as a permanent replacement for silverware.
I'll post daily to let you know how the week long personal sustainable project is coming! :)
Enjoy the photo of the home-made chopsticks, home-grown rocket flowers and fresh urban farm cilantro! BTW - delicious!
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