Partners in Thyme

Where?

We live and garden in Palm Coast, Florida, which is USDA Zone 9.

Why?

We're both tired of commercialized agriculture and refuse to buy the overpriced produce on steroids at the grocery store. As a solution, we've decided to start growing our own food. Not only food, but herbs for seasonings and medicine as well. We have this wild and crazy, revolutionary idea to live a self-sustainable life off the grid. Right now we're doing what we can, with what we have.

We started this blog to share our experiences with you, both our successes and our failures. The more we learn about urban gardening and a self-sustainable lifestyle, the more we find there are lots of other people out there who share the same philosophy but just don't know how to get started. You can grow your own food even if you live in an apartment! We are doing very well growing a few vegetables on our patio in containers right now. It's a voluntary, conscious effort if you decide to depend on big business agriculture and grocery store produce. There's a cheaper and healthier way to eat and you can have fun doing it. Life's a garden - dig it! This is our first year on this new journey, we're certainly not experts and don't pretend to have all the answers. If you have gardening wisdom to share, feel free to leave a comment on one of the blog posts here.

Our backyard garden consists of one raised bed, a potato bed and tomato bed. We also have a variety of herbs, fruits and vegetables growing in containers. Our yard is big enough to accommodate a huge garden, which was a major selling point when we purchased our home. We've adopted some of the square foot gardening ideas from Mel Bartholomew and many of our self-sufficiency plans have been inspired by John Seymour and his books.

A Piece Of Ideology

Although I absolutely do not agree with the climate change agenda, I am glad to see the green movement inspire people to become more self-aware and accountable. True husbandry has been lost on this generation, and I don't mean marriage between people - that's another subject! Husbandry in the sense that it's our responsibility to take care of our surroundings, nurturing the environment we are dependent upon instead of leaving a path of destruction. Why throw trash out the car window or spray harmful pesticides on the lawn, knowing the impact these actions have on the environment? You lie in the bed you make and I'd rather not have mine filled with trash. There's a more responsible way to live, you make the choice.