… since I started this project – a straw bale garden. Here we are, in the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak. Borders across the world are closed, schools are closed, there are lines at Costco and empty shelves. The future is very uncertain right now.
The project has taking on different meaning. Maybe it’s not just an idle hobby, but perhaps it will feed us and our friends when things are harder to come by – either because of supply, or costs.
My grandmother lived through two world wars, depression, inflation, famines, and being a refuge. Her stories were part of my childhood, as she was my minder after school until I was around 12, because my mother worked.
While this outbreak is unprecedented, the basics still apply – we need to eat. We need shelter. We need community. And medicine, but that’s a different blog. As a person with T1D, I guess I should figure out how to make insulin … Until a few months from now, I’ll be focusing on growing food.