Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL

Remember the VICTORY GARDEN? Probably not.It happened back in the 40s during and after  the  GREAT Depression and WW-II .

We need to learn from HISTORY as it repeats itself in cycles!

I do not remeber anything myself but I can learn the lessons of an ecconomic crunch that is touching the short and tall the rich and the  poor.

I have been gardening since long .A fourth generation gardener and a Master Organic farmer to top the experience with some papers hanging on the wall!

Wake up folks.Soon, the  illegal people from the South of the border whom we hire to pick our tomatoes and do the DIRT menial work ,will all be gone.Who is going to pick the tomatoes?

You and me.

Start learning the gardening process by paying attention to your inefficient back/front yard.Start learning to appreciate what the EARTH provides as our food.We take things for granted and we do TAKE ADVANTAGE of situations and PEOPLE.Now is the time to reverse all of this attitude .We need to RELATE and connect to EARTH and its living inhabitants.We need to build UNDERSTANDING among each other. The SAFETY of our FOOD is something we need to TAKE into our own hands before we put it into our own mouth.Meaning: WE NEED TO START GROWING our OWN.

To do that we need to change the frame of our mind.We need to RESPECT.We need to RELATE.We need to APPRECIATE.For the ones whom we hired to pick our tomatos now are doomed to go back home.Our anger we direct at them, those who picked our  GMO and PESTICIDE rich fruits and vegetables for us to eat and CONSUME.Just like we  directed our fire at those who posed no harm against us and were the FALSE bearers of the ARMS OF MASS DISTRUCTION.We were the accusers and abusers and now we are  taking our own medicine which we forced unto others.POISON.INTOXICATION..in food and pants.In drywalls and toys.It is coming back on us like a KARMA.This EASTER let us pray for forgiveness.This Pisache let us pray for redemption.This EARTH DAY let us pray for more POISON FREE vegetable gardens in our backyards .AND let us Do IT the ORGANIC WAY!AMEN!

Number ONE : June is the official starting month of the HURRICANE season in Florida.Gardening in containers is Hurricane resistant.How? It is easier to move a container to a safe shelter indoors out of STORMS way .

Number TWO: Containers can be a better home for a productive plants in the sizzling  Florida summer heat .How? If you choose to build a a container soil rich in moisture retaining texture like :sphagnum,saw dust and vermiculite .Then you win the challenge to garden even in the summer!Remember to keep on adding mulch and choose ceramic containers rather than plastic ones.

Number THREE:If you are  senior citzen who tends to be less mobile,a person with a disability or with no tolerance to the outdoors Florida heat and summer bugs or just a new comer to Tropical and sub-tropical vegetable ORGANIC gardening and would like to experiment,then it is easier to do so in containers .

Number FOUR: Container Organic is more affordable ,saves on the water bill, and complies with water restrictions .Also , it is water thrifty!

Number FIVE: If you live in an apartment with a PATIO or PRIVATE ENTRANCE- without any access to a front/backyard -then , it is your best bet to go Container Gardening!

Number SIX:Your Container  steril soil -when self prepared-will   contain  a healthier growing medium ,nematodes  free , the least.

Number SEVEN:You may choose to control the climate by moving a container to less  challenging inclement weather.Example: Move  to a shady area or to a sunny area in the patio or even indoors when windy or too hot! 

Number EIGHT:Container gardening is instant and EASY..No sweat!

Number NINE:Container gardening is weed FREE , in general.It all depends on the soil you choose , I recommend you make your own .

Number TEN:In this kind of economy it is good to save on the grocery bill by growing your own.When hit by foreclosures ,your container garden could be salvaged and saved.Simply carry away with you when evicted ,if you rent! 

Tony,

Alternative Community Farmer