Animal, Vegetable, Miracle ch. 11-12

In the chapter Slow Food Nations, Kingsolver and her family were on vacation visiting some friends who also had a farm. I love the connection of Creation and a pesticide free farm. While there may be more work for the gardener/farmer in keeping the weeds away, the rewards are incredible! The result is a more lush crop when organically grown. The birds seemed more abundant and able to do their natural job of pest control.
In the chapter Zucchini Larceny, you can already imagine what is the problem if you've ever been given zucchini or grown it yourself. Lately Matt and I talk daily about being in our garden. It's still a bit too early to plant but we are so anxious for our first FULL season. (last year our brand new community garden finally opened but not until June 14). Tonight we sat on the couch pouring over the Seed Savers catalog and highlighting the seeds we will order. We set a dollar limit for ordering heirloom seeds and the rest we will purchase locally. We chose Romanesco broccoli, Charantais melon (similar to cantaloupe), Joe's Long Cayenne Pepper, Buttercup Squash, Italian Heirloom tomatoes, and Martino's Roma tomatoes. The order will be placed and in a few weeks, we'll have the seed packets in the mail!