So, while this is mostly claiming more than my share of the effort, my mother and I have started a vegetable garden for the first time this year in our backyard. Mostly, she’s done it all, I just helped rototill and prepare the soil, and originally plant the small plants we bought. I know we aren’t growing the plants from seeds, and they aren’t organic plants (even though we’ve been caring for them organically), and my mom’s been the one watering and weeding them, but I still feel a bit closer to achieving this goal. Perhaps next year I’ll be more directly involved, and we can vamp up our gardening skills with our one year of experience behind us ;) Overall, it’s a step in the right direction, and I’m glad I’m still working towards knowing how to live off the land without hurting the land.