Spring Fever

It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want - oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so! ~Mark Twain

Spring Fever, I've got it! I'm ready to sow seeds, pot plants, and dig in the earth. I love the first days of spring, though they do make me feel a bit odd sometimes ... it's the fever, I do believe!

Anyone else feeling spring feverish these days?

You'll find me treating the fever with some planting and plotting at the community garden this afternoon, and tomorrow we're off on a day trip to a few of my favorite plant places:

The Natural Gardener

Barton Springs Nursery

It's About Thyme

If time allows, I hope to stop by Whole Foods and Wheatsville Co-op, and stock up on a few healthy goodies, too.

These things ought to help my spring fever, or maybe feed it even more.

Weekend Blessings and Bliss to you!

The Real Food Challenge

OK ... I signed up for the Real Food Challenge at The Nourished Kitchen. I've slowly drifted away from eating a mostly healthy, whole-food diet to eating whatever was quickest over the past few months. My energy levels and clothing are showing the effects of an unhealthy, fast-food diet. It's time for a change, and this challenge should be just the thing to help me along!

Here's what Jenny says about the Real Food Challenge:

From ditching the sugar to learning to love liver (well … maybe not love liver), we’ll cover it on the 28-day challenge here at Nourished Kitchen in February. Each day, for the entire month of February, you’ll receive an assignment that will help you learn about the principles of a nourishing diet including the importance of grass-finished and pastured meats, wholesome fats, sprouted and soured grains and probiotic foods.

Designed to introduce newcomers to the principles behind a wholesome, nourishing diet and to reinvigorate the energy of those who’ve been practicing traditional foods for a while, we’ll meet our goals one day at a time throughout the entire month. Learn how to stock your pantry, how to source wholesome foods, how to reduce costs, hot to mitigate antinutrients naturally present in certain foods and how to improve your diet step-by-step through nourishing, real food. Simple as it is, the 28-day challenge is designed to walk you through a transition into real food one step at a time.

So ... who else is ready to take the challenge and eat a wholesome, nourishing REAL food diet this month?