It’s a close call to say which is the heart of the home: The fridge, the stove, the kitchen table, or the pantry.*
Either way, it’s food first.
But the face we present to our neighbours, the front of our home is usually more like: A garage, a fence, a hedge, or some pillars**.
What about putting food first on the face of our houses?
There’s a few ways we could do this (for starters): A half-height fence with raised garden beds/planter boxes along the street front, a vegetable garden instead of the front lawn, an openable kitchen window directly onto a street with our coffee machine immediately next to it, or a bee-friendly flower garden***.
What would you rather see when you’re walking down your street?
*I might also accept a fireplace, but they’re still much better with a liquid in hand. Don’t you dare bring the television into this.
**One of my favourite things is two-storey pillars on the entrance to a 200 square metre home.
***I don’t think this is too long a bow: bees are essential to food production. And they make honey.