Real Food from The Community Garden

Wednesday I love at the Community Garden as Sheila our `Presiden't spends the day there and she always has such great knowledge and ideas.

Called down to have lunch there today and do some weeding and came home with all the wonderful food below to create tonight's meal.

When the food is as fresh as this I give it a light steam and a coating of organic olive oil.

The eggplants are delicious sauteed in a little grapeseed oil so they will last for tomorrow's meal along with the tomatoes.

The cabbage leaf I shred and put it in at the beginning of the steaming as it is a strong tough cabbage. Steamed to softness and some olive oil to moisten it is delicious.

Should also be some beans left for tomorrow's saute. Will add them at the end so are just lightly cooked.

Always enjoy Wednesday's conversations in the garden shed. Sheila is a wealth of knowledge and with everyone of one mind about organic growing it is so refreshing.

Where I lived before gardening was what I call `guerrilla gardening' with an arsenal of toxic weapons.

It always lifts the spirit to return from gardening in a way that feels at one with our planet's needs.

This post is part of Tempt My Tummy Tuesday at Blessed with Grace and Fight Back Friday at Food Renegrade.

Sustainable Clothing

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Ramblers Way. All opinions are 100% mine.

Part of my sustainable journey is to find clothing that is natural, non-synthetic, and chemical-free and Ramblers Way produces such clothing.

Their clothing is sustainable in every way from production to product and what they produce are strong lasting fine micron wools that can be worn both summer and winter.

They even use enzymes to prevent shrinkage and allow the wool to stand up to tough washing.

I feel such such  sustainable productions as Ramblers Way are the way for forward for our planet.

They acknowledge in their definition of sustainability the interconnectedness of all components of their work and process, and their products are grown and sourced domestically and with care and consideration for the planet, and future generations.

The workshops I have been attending at my community garden have also been stressing these values and how with peak oil we all need to change our ways of living and producing.

Ramblers way and their Rambouillet wool is produced using sustainable farming practices in their own sheep farms in Maine and on ranches in Colorado, Montana, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, and Utah.

The design and  creation of their quality wool garments is in the Carolinas and New England, by people whose families have worked in these industries for generations and understand  both quality and sustainability.

These methods of production are integral in the renewal and healing of our planet and our way of living.

It is what I am trying in my own small way to do in creating my own sustainable garden and being part of a community garden.

We can't go on producing in ways that destroy our planets and our lives .

Sustainable living and production is about healing ourselves and our planet.

Ramblers Way also works with Clean Air-Cool Planet to help improve their sustainable practice from shearing to distribution.

They continue to aspire to become more Carbon Neutral.

It is always exciting to find companies who show us the way forward and produce new, exciting and quality products in the process.