Happy January folks.  My short ones are back to school, and the routine was surprisingly easy this morning.  Call me a pessimist, but I don't expect it to be the same tomorrow.  This morning I'm starting to work on the seed order for the spring, I figured that was a good task to start on a cold winter Monday.  It won't be long and we will be back at it, just 9 weeks until we fire up the greenhouse, yikes! I expect the next few weeks to fly by, as they seem to do in my house, as my schedule is, as always, packed full.  

I'm not much of a resolution maker, but I do have some goals and things coming up in 2015 that I am looking forward to: working on our new place in Montana, helping build the community garden with CIB, and a few little projects that have been on the back-burner for a while.
  
Until the next time, keep warm and GO CANADA GO!  

Unfortunately this is probably only the beginning. We are watching where we source our seed for both the farm and the greenhouse - it isn't worth it. 😳

Mutant Butterflies

Michigan Woman Faces 93 Days in Jail for Planting a Vegetable Garden : TreeHugger.

Exploding watermelons put spotlight on Chinese farming practices | Environment | The Guardian.

"Many farmers grow their own food separately from the chemically-raised crops they sell. "I feel there is nothing safe I can eat now because people are in too much of a hurry to make money," said Huang Zhanliang, a farmer in Hebei."

Ummm Yikes?  This is so beyond scary, the farmers themselves don't eat what they grow - but it seems to be good enough, when they don't get caught, to add all the extra chemicals to make the crop mature a little faster.  All for a buck.  I've always been a believer in supporting the local economy, eating locally and eating as organically as possible, even if it costs slightly more in the pocket book - and when stories like this are more and more prevalent, it only makes my decision that much easier.