Backyard Revolution

What if we were to rip up our perfect lawns and plant food. Lots of food, different kinds, food we could eat right out of our own backyards. Grown intensively in small spaces, peas up fences, beans on trellises, tomatoes -- large and small -- red and orange, eggplant, potatoes, kale, and the list goes on. What if we were to make it a priority to grow stuff, to get help to figure it out, to dig, prepare beds, make compost, plant seeds. Imagine what our kids would learn, what we would learn -- connected with our own food, where it comes from, the smells, textures, getting dirty. From backyard to plate, how beautiful is that? And possible. And what would happen if we got our neighbours on board, and their neighbours, and the whole block was growing food, different things, and sharing it, and talking to each other, connecting, and building relationships and community, and we had a whole city block of connected backyards growing and talking. Bridging the neighbour gap. And imagine then if all the front yards started growing food, and there was a revolution of perfect lawns to garden beds. And then another city block. And another. And then public parks and spaces. And the city becomes alive with growing delicious food and inspired people. How cool would that be?