Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL

Have you noticed lately that your friends,family ,significant others ,customers etc.. are angry ,blaming ,yelling or breaking up with you for no reasons?Check out your check book.Foreclosures,job loss,depression due to dwindling money may be the culprits .NOT YOU!

Here are some remedies to encounter  the stress without HURTING OR counting  out a dear or  loved one  .

1-FRESH AIR:Take deep breathing exercises daily.They are free ,and will set you free of rage and histirical bursts of anger.Mind your adrenaline and keep it low!

2-FRESH WATER: Drink your daily organic chamomile herbal  tea.If not available, use a fresh orange juice.If not available, drink spring water.If not available, slowly swallow your own saliva!

3-FRESH GREENS:Eat your locally and organically grown greens.Immerse your fingers and hands in the soil as you pick your greens from your garden.Give thanks to mother earth.Take your time to masticate and chew.

4-FRESH EARTH:Dig out a garden,pull out the weeds.

5-Visit a spa or a retreat.Get a massage or give one!.Practice yoga.Take a vaccation.Travel.Take a day off .Go to the beach!Do nothing!

6-Sleep.Walk.Call or visit a family member.

7-Switch off the gadgets:TV,Cell phone,internet...etc, for a while

8-Prtactice TLC.Forgive and forget.

9-Slow down.Speak less.Listen more and more....

10-Hug .Smell a flower.Tell a joke.Laugh more and more ...

By :Tony

AN  URBAN  FARMER !

1-Recycle your and "their" -to be trashed PRODUCE/KITCHEN FOOD SCRAPP.Ask your local neighborhood health food store/supermarket/barn/restaurant etc,if they like to save their unwanted food scrapp ,for you to  compost. Otherwise...you know what to do!

2- Commute on foot/on a bike/in a bus/car pool.Take a break from your car.Give a break to the  earth.Do not burn fossil fuel!Do not smoke.Do not drink and drive.

3-Give away your unwanted:Absolete/idle/stored/dust accumulating treasures like old shoes, old refrigerator,bike,clothes.In this Economic meltdown ,there are hidden lines of "HAVE NOTS" displaced human beings.So, give them a hand .I suggest Garage sales or Church Rummage for better affordable delivery!

3-Replace your inefficient lawn with a productive veggie garden.Or even join a community garden if you have no back/front yard.Garden in containers , the least, if none of the above exist! 

4-Install the following:

 a) A rain barrel irrigation system to save on the water bills and survive the draught in S.Florida.

b) A solar panel electric and water heating system.Green energy is the new fashion.Wear it!

5-Buy locally grown produce ,if possible  switch to ORGANIC!

6-If you are a farmer, fascilitate a workshop or attend one on promoting the awareness of green energy/organic and locally grown produce .

7-Volunteer at a local community garden/soup kitchen/church/csa/farm/earth day or green events.

8-Do no harm to yourself/others/environment by following the NATURAL ONE AND ONLY ONE LAW: LOVE.An avallanche of laws were created as we broke this one law...Business as usual is not THE motto for EARTH DAY.GREEN and SIMPLE LIVING IS!

9-Do NOTHING .BUY NOTHING.SHUT OFF ELECTRIC.TURN OFF TV.Switch off your cell phone.GO OUTDOORS .TAKE A NAP in the garden.Spend the day in NATURE.HUG A TREE,a friend ,a stranger.Use eye contact to connect!WE ARE ONE WITH THE EARTH .IT IS OUR HOME for now and for later ,when we depart to the other side!Our first HOME was in the garden so will be our last one!RESPECT the soil by refraining from polluting with your hands/mouth or any other means!

10-Reward yourself .Be with your family at the  dinner table,at a park or visit a family member/friend .Schedule a massage treatment to yourself or a loved one. LEARN HOW TO RELAX...in NATURE.TAKE A LOT OF DEEP BREATHS...BE CALM!BE GOOD!

Have A Healthy Happy Earth Day

Tony :)

Alternative Community Farmer