Farmer Em

[darkemeralds]

Back in January when inspiration from a little feng shui book by Karen Kingston prompted me to clear out my house a bit, I had an idea that there might be some outcomes beyond household tidiness.

What I absolutely didn't foresee was that one of them would be me growing my own potatoes.



Clearing the stash of paper bags on top of my fridge led to my taking reusable bags to the store

• which led to quickly running out of bags for garbage and recyling
• which led to changing my garbage and recycling system
• which led to some food-waste disposal problems that I still haven't quite solved.

Conquering half of the clutter-hoards in my house let me see the clutter in my financal affairs

• which led to a refinance of my mortgage
• which led to a stricter budget
• which led to taking my lunch to work every day
• which led to more cooking at home
• which led to even more food-waste disposal problems that I still haven't quite solved

Clearing up my finances cleared my mind enough to look at the clutter in my diet

• which led to a complete analysis of what I eat
• which led to a significant reduction in calories
• which led to some great reading about food and politics
• which led to a cool new food-and-politics blog called Politicook
• which led to an article about composting
• which led to me deciding to compost my kitchen waste.

And reading about composting drew my eye to the next article, about growing potatoes in containers

• which led to me buying some organic seed Yukon Gold potatoes and a container today.

Rolled-up container thing, potting soil, seed potatoes ready to go.


It ain't gorgeous, but There Will Be Spuds.


Waiting for eyes to sprout.