Friday, March 28, 2008

Ideas

So, you should all know that ENP is a future partner of mine in employment. The Neighborhood Thrift just opened its doors a week ago and has been an amazing adventure. I will be working tomorrow all day if any of you want to come by to get some sweet jems and say hello to me. there is a lot going on and i cannot WAIT to see how God is/will be using this venture in the upcoming times.
Another exciting idea that a friend of mind opened up my eyes to was the idea of a 'community garden.' I had never really thought of the potential of that and all that it could entail until i have recently been researching it. Come to find out in Fresno there have been many ideas and possiblities of it but nothing that has really been put to the plow (nice pun huh?). Having a plot of land in a neighborhood that would serve as a connecting point to grow fruit, veggies, flowers and herbs and yet would bring in revenue is exciting. There are so many directions of this whether it is self sustaining agriculture or to produce income, all of the above is possible. There are so many connections in Fresno and so much knowledge in these neighborhoods that just needs to be put together. Just imagining all of this gets me really excited and ready to move on it. Little by little the garden shall overtake the world!

check out resources such as these community gardens

3 comments:

jordan wiebe said...

checked out the websites, its looking good. really excited for the stuff your doing.

Anonymous said...

"little by little the garden shall overtake the world!"

that sounds lovely!
do you remember that part in the irresistible revolution where he talks about the mustard seed? the kingdom of god is like this crazy weed that takes over everything around it and takes off like a wild creature. i think gardens are a great metaphor...

i think plants are phenomenal. they do great things for our air, feed us good veggies, help us see beauty, and remind us of the kingdom.

let me know what comes of all this! plants are waaaay fun!

Unknown said...

i am excited for the possiblities as well. i hope that we can work it all out