small actions count.

small actions count.

... there are small actions we can all take to reduce our impact. Growing your own food at home is just one. It doesn’t have to be a big or small thing, nor perfect. It’s just got to be something. Even if everybody in Australia only grew one thing, thats 24 million pieces of produce not being transported.

That’s a significant impact on the amount of pesticides and plastic being used. That’s just the beginning, and thats just for growing one thing.

There’s a lot that is rewarding, and a lot that is frustrating about growing food at home. Overall though, the positive impact we can all contribute to the planet is priceless.

I invite you into my little world of growing food ... it’s not big, it’s not small, but it’s something.

There is definitely a big sense of reward when I can go to the garden, and pick food to add to our meals. A huge motivation for me is that I know exactly what has gone onto my plants, and I know they are seasonl and fresh. Even though I can’t have garden produce 100% of the time, and I still have to shop for produce, it is still reducing what I do buy.

It is also rewarding to see my children using the garden, and to know they are gaining an awareness and appreciation for growing food.

We don’t limit our growing to outdoors - I get the kids to grow things indoors as well to get them involved and learning.

there’s helpers, pests, and elements...

Learning the seasons and growing periods of fruits and vegetables has taught me a lot about eating seasonally.

A visit to my daughters house means going straight outside to see what she has going on in her vege beds.

I love that she has taken recycling into the equation as well.

sometimes life gets busy.

We put as much kitchen waste as we can back into the process. Coffee grounds go into a soil mix, and are also good to deter slugs.

We don’t compost our food scraps, but we do save them to feed our neighbours chickens. In return we get eggs and occassionally add chicken manure into our soil mix, so it is a win-win on all counts - environment included.

Gift giving from me to friends is often in the form of something edible and homegrown.

I think these gifts are the best to give, and they are always well received.

thankyou for reading.

“Somebody referred to what I do as subliminal activism, which I like.�

- Edward Burtynsky

a project by Justine Brentnall. 2020