I'm going through a phase right now. The healthy food craze. Ever since we got the house, I've been paying more attention to what I cook, what I eat, what foods I buy. Perhaps it's because now that I've got the whole kitchen to myself now I like to pretend I can do something with it. With food prices heading north every day, I'm inclined to buy the cheapest produce and these are not necessarily the freshest. But after watching Jamie Oliver on telly where he highlighted the plight of battery hens (they may be easy on the wallet, but the hens lives in tortuous conditions for the duration of their short lives) I now think twice about the price of the food and the corresponding quality. I go to the Chinese grocery stores and see bok choy selling for $2 for 3 bunches and I wonder whether it's grown with the help of insecticide to quicken maturity time. I see chicken fillets at the butcher and wonder if they come from the thighs of fatty battery hens.
So. I want to know where my food comes from. To start, I am planting my own herb garden, starting with some coriander. They're probably my favourite herbs, I just love the smell of them! We've bought two planter boxes, and a bag of soil to fuel my high hopes of a flourishing herb garden consisting of coriander, basil, mint and rosemary. I'm going to plant bok choy too since my vege diet seems to consist a lot of them. A vegie patch is certainly on the books. And that's all my little house can handle right now. Till we get a bigger one I'll stop short of rearing of my own chicken and porkers.
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