Over the last several years, we have had a growing desire to move out to an acreage near town and practice becoming more self-sufficient. Nothing too crazy, we just wanted to have some chickens, a garden, some fruit trees, and maybe, eventually, even a cow.
We currently live in a 1100 square foot two bedroom house, that is over a hundred years old and sits right in the heart of our city. I love it for many reasons, mainly because of our wonderful neighbors and the close proximity to parks, and the city library.
Since it's apparent that we're not moving anytime soon, I've been contemplating the idea of practicing these ideas of self-sufficiency on a small scale, and what that looks like on a day to day basis for us...blooming where we are currently planted. I've actually started another
blog, co-authored by our neighbors, who are joining with us in our endeavor to live more sustainably.
We're calling it Farming 5th Avenue.
Of course there's a story behind the title...A friend of mine made the comment the other day how funny it was that we lived on 5th Avenue. She was making reference, of course, to the well known 5th Avenue in Manhattan, smack dab in the middle of one of the biggest cities in America and synonymous with high fashion and even higher price tags. We giggled a bit, thinking how far we are from THAT 5th Avenue (literally and figuratively). But it got me thinking about where I am and where I want to be, and wondering if they really didn't have to be two different places.
The journey to sustainability is really like any other journey...it's a lot of small steps. So, here we go, taking some small steps right where we are. I plan to keep posting as I have here, but will primarily use the other blog to chronicle the "farm-ish" happenings going down on 5th Avenue.
