Growing Your own Food

When we were given the assignment to get a cheese cloth and an open jar for HW because we will have the opportunity to grow our own food seemed like a new and interesting assignment. When giving this assignment the memory of a vacation came to mind. When I went to Boca Chica in the Dominican Republic for my first time, I was able to see a whole different approach of a whole community when it came to food. Grandfather showing me the acres right in back of his house that he owned for years and treated it like it were his baby son. He was 90 years old but he would move like were 40, cutting a bunch of food from the ground for the day with his machete showed me the advantages of growing food instead of taking a walk to the supermarket to buy something that was processed or given to you because you’re dependent on them. I knew seeing a 90 year old man who moved like he were 50 years younger having such bliss when it came to his garden that I would do something similar when I were to own my own place. Why not?

When I was first giving the seeds to grow sprouts, I didn’t think just by keeping something in a jar something could grow to be eaten. But I was wrong. First day of watering them I had no type of faith in them growing. After watering them for a couple days I saw the change in the sprouts and noticed that if they were taken care of and properly treated than the growing would be successful. The sad part I wasn’t able to successfully grow the sprouts to their potential because I didn’t provide enough to attention to the and because that they died. its like HW, a practice, something you've adapted into your daily routine.  So I wasn’t able to taste my own food that I had grown or take a picture of it but I must say I was very excited to do so. Growing your own food takes patience; it doesn’t take a couple days and is it not done by itself. This put me in the shoes of my grandfather and showed me in proportional way what it takes to grow your own food and why its practiced.