Shocking Stats, Site Changes, and Gardening
I was surprised when I looked at my stats today and saw that this site now gets about 150 visits daily. Now I feel a need to make the site more useful - and I’m going to do that by installing a section for linking to current news articles.
I come across health and food news daily but normally I add those links to my Delicious account. Instead, I’ll post them here so that site visitors will find a resource for learning about the latest news in food, natural healing and health.
This month we’re busy getting our garden soil ready. We’re planning a big garden - flowers, herbs and vegetables. That’s keeping me busy.
How about you? With the world economy in shambles are you planning to grow your own food this year? Will you be canning? Are you storing food just in case the stores no longer can supply our needs? Do you even believe that’s possible?
You know me… I believe in preparing for the future, and even though it seems unnecessary now, food storage is an important part of my life.
Congrats on getting increased hits! Turn this into a full blown economy site and you’ll find a LOT more than 150 per day.
I’m a bit scared of canning things myself. I just buy canned food with far away expiry dates.
Comment by Sunny — Tuesday, March 17, 2009 @ 6:54 pm
Good idea, Sunny… I am definitely keeping an eye on the economy news though I’ll also admit that many articles about economics go over my head. I also admit that I dropped out of an economics class in college. I was very pregnant at the time and remember sitting in that class in pain because the baby had some extremity stuck under one of my ribs. Ouch! … but I totally do understand poverty because I’ve lived in it for years, and I know quite a bit about how to thrive and be happy on a low income. I will definitely include more information on how to get through hard times while enjoying life to the max.
Comment by Linda — Tuesday, March 17, 2009 @ 10:36 pm
I like your idea of thinking for the future. We should always have a food store..we never know what may happen in the near future
Well, congrats for the hits you’re getting. Keep the good work going linda
Comment by Free footy — Thursday, March 19, 2009 @ 6:57 am
I read an article this morning, while sitting at the doctors, that said roughly “an hour growing veggies with your kids is an hour less of mind numbing video games”. While my children are still too young for video games it kind of instilled in me a desire to start getting them into growing veggies in the garden. It has to be a wholesome pastime doesn’t it?
Comment by Radio Controlled Boats — Thursday, March 19, 2009 @ 10:51 pm
I spent a couple hours in my garden today… getting the flower bed ready, then working on preparing soil in the herb garden. That was time away from my computer… plus I took a four mile walk. Yes, all that is a lot more wholesome than playing video games.
I tried to keep my kids away from video games but by the time they were about 12 I found that very hard as they made friends with other children who had all the worst video games available. I sympathize with all you young parents who try to do the best for your children. We’re living in one very confused, distressed world.
Comment by Linda — Thursday, March 19, 2009 @ 11:34 pm
Every time I plant a veggie garden, my family decides not to eat the veggies I worked so hard to grow! So I gave up a couple of years ago; veggies are a better value for me to buy frozen veggies and just cook what we eat.
Comment by Tina — Saturday, March 21, 2009 @ 2:18 pm
Tina, what will you do if there are no more grocery store supplies?
Comment by Linda — Monday, March 23, 2009 @ 11:31 pm
This is great, I love gardening and this seems like it could be my new home!
Comment by Evan — Thursday, March 26, 2009 @ 11:53 am
I’m happy for you and your blog! The stats also show the reward of your excellent job in this blog and the quality of the info you share. Congratulations!
Comment by Pozole Blanco — Friday, April 10, 2009 @ 8:14 am
Installing a section for linking to current news articles is a good decision.Adding a manual Rss 2.0 feed to your website would also help you to make your site more popular.And
yes its a good thing to grow your vegetables in your garden as it will reduce monthly costs,help the dying environment,to get fresh chemical free veg of your garden but if you have a garden then only..:-)
Comment by KY's Commonwealth Eye Surgery — Monday, April 20, 2009 @ 1:29 am
My home have a garden, but is smaller than yours. Eat our own vegetables, very delicious?^_^
Comment by sunrainey — Thursday, May 7, 2009 @ 5:57 pm
Congratulations on your new garden! Growing your own food has lots of benefits. For one, you can make sure that no dangerous chemicals would be sprayed on your vegetables.
Comment by Mercola — Wednesday, June 3, 2009 @ 11:49 pm
Good Idea there.
And Congratulations
for the growing amount of
visitors.
That’s a good sign for your good career.
Comment by Maritoni — Tuesday, June 16, 2009 @ 4:53 pm