Geek Habitat

Here’s the inspiration for my soon-to-be launched project of putting some raised beds in our backyard rather than tilling and resodding/reseeding the lawn that inexplicably died out this past season (launch the video below; ignore the mucked up still photo/thumbnail you see here; the vid’s worth it, I swear) –

This Lawn is Your Lawn from roger doiron on Vimeo.

What could be wiser and more fitting that converting part of the expansive White House lawn into an organic, sustainable, edible food producing garden. A victory garden (for those old enough to remember those) of sorts. Please register on change.org & vote for this idea. It’s currently 33rd out of over 1,100 ideas being submitted to the Obama administration. Food would be used in the White House kitchen and/or donated to D.C. area food pantries, and set an example for the NATION so that other cities and states followed suit. May we all be the change we wish to see in the world!

Between the commitment to participate in a group/charity bike ride (no, still haven’t picked one. I plan to devote some serious time to that this week and have a decision by the weekend) and our plans to put our presently dead and useless (except to “look pretty”) small backyard to productive, life-sustaining use, I have to say I’m floating on pretty high spirits… and I’m generally in good spirits anyway, even if it’s not always evident in my tweets/blogs/etc.

Wishing everyone who reads this similar blessings and positive experiences in 2009. Cheesy but true, WE *CAN* DO IT!