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While staying with friends recently, I was treated to some good old-fashioned homegrown veggies. Nothing quite beats the freshness, taste and goodness of vegetables grown in your own backyard.

While this backyard was much larger than your average size house block, it shows what is possible without using chemicals. Rain water irrigation and food scrap mulching contributes to these super healthy spinach, beetroot and silverbeets.
And the scent of fresh vegetables can’t be beaten, as you walk through the garden you experience natures bouquet, something that is missing from the supermarket fruit and vegetable department.

With the summer crop of corn, broccoli and tomatoes just finishing, my friends were kept busy preserving any excess vegetables.

It harks back to our grandparent’s era when they enjoyed a less hectic lifestyle and had more time to spend gardening, which apart from producing great food also has other benefits such as stress relief, physical exercise, leaving a smaller carbon imprint and self sufficiency.

There is a sense of immense satisfaction knowing that the food on the table is produced from your very own garden plus it taste super yummy. This spinach, parsley and parmesan cheese was easy to prepare, very healthy and best of all it’s from the garden.

Feeling inspired? If you need some help building your own vegetable garden, Sustainable Gardening Australia have some great step by step instructions on getting started.

Well the danger is blogging about The Special K 2 week challenge is it promotes awareness of there product, be it good or bad.

So I like the premise of the challenge but behind it lurks a large multi national who has shareholders, mmm, what do share holder like, seeing healthy people around the globe, eating nutritious food and exercising regularly or maybe buying more Special K products.

Well Kellogg’s mission statement says “To drive sustainable growth through the power of our people and brands by better serving the needs of our consumers, customers and communities”.

So are there any elements of being a socially responsible company with the ultimate goal being focused around improving the health of their customers rather than increasing sales sales or giving the market the type of products they want but don’t need or are marketing about why they need Special K products?

Well if the program didn’t involve buying there highly processed products, it would be awesome but guess what, part of their program involves buying their special breakfast bars and eating Special K.

So lets look at there breakfast suggestions, Special K every morning mixed in with fruit & yoghurt, toast and muffins.

Remember that this company has also made some nutritional claims about Coco Pops “now supports your child’s immunity”

Are you paralysed in taking the first step in undertaking any physical activity or adopting a healthier eating regime?
The ancient chinese philosopher Confucious Says “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”

Often getting started is the hardest past of any journey we undertake without it is trekking up the Himalayas or making some positive changes in your life.

So while it can be difficult, try taking the first steps to introducing physical activity into your life with healthier eating.