Health and Lifestyle ... Watch My Garden Grow!

Health and lifestyle for me means eating great food.  After doing my due diligence I realized that many of the "fresh" veggies that I bought in my local supermarket came complete with a passport ... by that I mean it has traveled long distances ... many times it has crossed borders coming to me.  So, if you figure out the timeline here ... someone picks it, it is processed, shipped many miles to the wholesaler then sent on to the grocery store you are probably talking about a minimum of 1 week.  How many of those terrific nutrients are still alive in those "fresh" fruits and veggies? This reason we decided to grow our own.

We are located just a little south of Vienna in Austria and this will be are first time growing veggies in a cold climate ...  to start off we potted our seeds the end of March and kept them in the boiler room in the basement ... good thing too, because we actually had a light snow on Easter!

The decision was made to go with raised beds for a couple of reasons.  Easier to keep the critters out and easier for us old folks to weed!

They have a saying in Austria that basically means you shouldn't plant before the first of May, but we took a chance and got a few things into the beds the end of April.

This really being our first time "farming" we didn't realize how large everything would get ... tomato plants shooting up, broccoli bushing out and the zucchini's, well if you have gardened before you are probably laughing right now!

This is mid June ....

Well, what can I say?  We have added a small greenhouse and 2 more raised beds ... did I mention we have pumpkins and sunflowers planted in the front yard, also?

It seems that we are addicted to our garden and the delicious food that it produces.  We have been eating and juicing our "greens" two times a day and we just planted more lettuce ... the reason for the last raised bed!  The fresh herbs are totally awesome ... we use a lot of parsley, basil, chives, dill and cilantro and it seems the more I cut it the faster it grows!

Wow, I never realized how special it is to go outside to clip lettuce, gather some basil, cut a tomato and then walk into the kitchen to prepare an awesome salad!  From the dirt to the plate in 10 minutes ... how cool is that?

Changing old habits can be challenging.  It takes courage to take that first step.

Here's to your Health and Lifestyle!

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