Here's What We're Looking At...

This past school year I have indulged in my way too fair share of junk food. Anything that is synthetic and frosted, I have said, "Bring It". Anything sweet and available, I have said, "Sure, why not!" Well, now is the result of the bringing it. I feel gross, uncomfortable, and my system is out of whack more so than it normally is- and that's saying its REALLY outta whack! So I have come up with a fun new experiment for summer gardening. I am not sure how it will pan out or if it will even be an interesting blog to write or read. I suspect there might not be a lot to say. I mean am I going to check in every day with a report about how much higher the bean stalk grew? I don't know- maybe. Am I going to write about recipes and cabbage rot? I don't know- maybe. But I do know this: 1. My skin hurts 2. My Crohn's hurts 3. My knees hurt 4. 15 new pounds hurts and 5. My body is super uncomfortable I'm curious to see if living off the garden will eliminate all or most of these discomforts. On a political note, this experiment is also interesting to me because it aligns with my fascination about people and our food choices. Why is it that we think things processed in a factory are in any way good for us, healthy, or nutritional? I mean really. For example, if you can't or don't want to consume sugar why choose an "all natural sugar substitute" that is powder formed and generated in a factory by an employee wearing a Tyvek suit? Just stop eating sugar!< That's natural. I feel this way not about sugar substitutes, but about industrialized foods. They are not food, they are made in factories, and I should just not eat them. Period. The garden and my farmer's market are the present best I can do to reject the commercialism and industrialization of my food. Amen. That's my soap box tonight. Next comes the garden plan and the Gardening Little Brick-e perimeters.