Needed Skills

In this uncertain economic and political time, I feel it necessary to talk about skills that I think everyone would benefit in knowing and perhaps practicing. - Gardening -
Gardening is the simplest thing that anyone at any age can do. Small land - large land ...doesn't really matter. You have seeds, you prepare the soil, you water and care for them and they will yield for you.
Look at what your family eats most of and most regularly and start off with that. See what herbs you mostly use in your cooking and grow them! Look at your family health history and your current family's health and grow medicinal herbs as preventives. Not in place of a doctor but to keep you as healthy as possible so maybe you'll only need a doctor for check ups.
Think about how beneficial this would be to you and your family's health - not to mention the very valuable skills you'll be passing on to your children. If you or your children ever get stuck in a situation where you have to grow food to survive - behind the eight ball is really not the best place to be.
So, go buy some seeds - pick some place in the yard or in pots or wherever and grow your food..your herbs..your medicine..and enjoy the fruits of your own labor.
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