C/S They just don't know any better. I'll tell you another thing. The recession has hit me. My grocery budget doesn't get me near as much as it used to. So you know what I did? I planted me a little raised bed garden. You know why? because my grandmother used to have me out there on my hands and knees helping her with hers, so it was just in me.
These are some early shots from about 2 months ago. Greens, tomatos, cucumbers, carrots, banana and bell peppers. got some onions down on the other end. Watermelon. It doesn't produce as much as I want, but I'm still learning and I know what I did wrong so next year will be better. Thats why I started small. Theres some kids on the block that would come tear up my plants, play in my dirt. I didn't get mad, I made them help me replant that shit and gave them their own little section to grow their own stuff. They've been good about it too, well as good as 7-8 year olds can be I guess. They like to get dirty anyway, so win-win I say.
Just think if everybody in the projects started making community gardens. all that unused dirt and young labor just being wasted. The new trend down here is teaching them how to do it at school. Damn near all the elementary schools around here have some sort of garden, and the kids get to eat what they grow. At the upper levels, junior high I mean, some of them have been given permission to use unused lots to grow big ass gardens. They do a good job too.
Theres a guy I know, a farmer, who goes around to the corner stores in the hood and sells the storeowners fruits and veggies really cheap. Just enough to fill a few baskets by the register. He takes a loss so these kids will have some better, more affordable healthy choices to fuckin hot chips. They rarely buy the shit though.
I dunno, you can't save everybody i guess.
