I was looking through my last posts and realized that I have not talked much about my overall goals for this blog. First and foremost, I want to be able to share my journey with those who want to join me. Second, I want this to be a historical record so I can look back in a few months or years and see the progress I’ve made. Third, and probably the biggest reason I started this is to help combat food insecurities.

So, what exactly does that mean? That’s still evolving honestly, and that is part of why I have gotten such a slow start and been very inconsistent with posting. I’ll share a little about what I have been learning and plotting this last year. Back in April, I mentioned I wanted to learn more about no-dig or no-till. Well, that started me down a rabbit hole of concepts mainly focusing on regenerative agriculture, permaculture, and food forests.

I’m sure a lot of you have already heard of these concepts, and a lot of you have no clue what I’m talking about. I’m not going to fully define them right now, mainly because these are still fairly new concepts to me and I’m not 100% clear about the differences. But also because that is not what this post is about. For now, the main ideas those concepts share is a focus on soil health by creating biodiversity through plants, minimizing soil disturbances, living roots in the ground, working with nature, and eliminating all chemicals. There is a bit more to it, but I think that is a good starting point for this post.

How does all this apply to my goals?

As I mention in the title, I have goals and lots of them. Learning those concepts helped me to start forming a direction I want to go with this blog. Let’s be real here, how many people have a big plot of land? And how realistic is it for everyone to have, or even want a big plot of land? So many people live in apartments, townhouses, condos, basements, etc., and don’t have a plot of land to play with. My original thoughts were to experiment with different fertilizers and lights to help the indoor gardener, but since starting to learn the concepts of permaculture, I began to wonder if there was a way to bring that concept inside? I’m sure there is, I just don’t know it yet.