Plant Your Own Soul

I want to talk about the food revolution we experienced after watching those documentaries and cooking shows, but I just haven't quite had time to formulate my thoughts yet. I can say, though, that said "revolution" invoked a desire to grow our family own food (or, more accurately, our stupidly high grocery bills have done the invoking), and we have now started our very first backyard garden. We don't really know what we're doing and so we're crossing our fingers we don't kill everything we've planted, but so far it's been a really fun thing to do together and we are so excited to eat food that we grow from babies and feel more of a connection to. We've really, really enjoyed some of the trips we've made so far which includes IKEA, Jusco, some other plant stalls by the road side. Everyone is so helpful and the plants are actually cheaper than those in KL area.  I am falling more and more in love with plants and gardening and all things pure and given to us by the earth. We all really need to rekindle our connection with our planet, and I think for us, my family, it's starting with reconnecting to the food we eat. So far it's been a nice journey and experience for me and my family. Not that being part of a trend is ever a good reason to start or learn something new, but if it helps us to move forward by being part of the “in” crowd, then we really need to plant our own edible garden this year. Besides, thinking ahead in the future, I can actually teach my children or grandchildren where their food actually comes from and that it doesn’t come from the supermarket but from the soil, the earth that we all depend on.