Did you know that you have to eat 8 oranges in one day to get the nutrients your grandparents got from a single orange? 50 years ago, everyone knew you had to eat your vegetables if you wanted to be big and strong.
This is one of the reasons I eat wild when I can. Right now on my "lawn" which I've turned into a natural garden: mustard leaves, violet leaves (not yellow violets, which are poisonous), and dandelion leaves! I have a theory that we eat towards finding nutrition, and when we don't get it we overeat to keep trying to get what we need. Just a theory, based on a lot of observation in my own life and others' lives. :)
I completely agree with your theory. I've seen it time and again with my own family. It is why my diabetic father eats all kinds of junk food. His body is craving nutrients, but he refuses to eat a healthy meal.
I grow as much of the food as we'll eat, in a combination of compost-enhanced raised garden beds and containers. When I moved here, the yard was a mix of aggregate and sand. Oh, and ants. I still battle hundreds of them. Over time, the garden beds have grown to about 10-12 inches deep, and the birds and I are delighted to see worms.
Scary stuff. Trying to improve the dirt in my yard but it's a slow process.
It's very alarming!
I'm working on a piece about cover crops that will add organic, healthy matter to soil. Even in containers.
Hopefully that will help accelerate the development of living soil.
This is one of the reasons I eat wild when I can. Right now on my "lawn" which I've turned into a natural garden: mustard leaves, violet leaves (not yellow violets, which are poisonous), and dandelion leaves! I have a theory that we eat towards finding nutrition, and when we don't get it we overeat to keep trying to get what we need. Just a theory, based on a lot of observation in my own life and others' lives. :)
I completely agree with your theory. I've seen it time and again with my own family. It is why my diabetic father eats all kinds of junk food. His body is craving nutrients, but he refuses to eat a healthy meal.
I grow as much of the food as we'll eat, in a combination of compost-enhanced raised garden beds and containers. When I moved here, the yard was a mix of aggregate and sand. Oh, and ants. I still battle hundreds of them. Over time, the garden beds have grown to about 10-12 inches deep, and the birds and I are delighted to see worms.
You're amazing! :)
Awww, thank you. I just do what I can.