Feature

Get Real and Give Thanks

Posted on by Jean Campbell

Notes to myself This summer, I jumped into rebuilding the art career I'd set out to achieve 45 years ago, so I felt like I had a lot of catching up to do. As you might have gathered if you've read any of my blog posts, I am totally in love with gardening and sustainability. I love writing and talking about gardening and sustainability. I've got multiple garden plots I tend and half a book written about sustainability. This is the life I've been dreaming of for years. I'd imagined that when I... Continue reading

Dia de la Muertos – time for harvest

Posted on by Jean Campbell

  I began this post the evening of Nov. 1, the Dia de la Muertos. I have never participated much in this tradition. I've always tended to honor these kinds of things internally, rather than placing much focus on tangible objects or physical actions. I do think it is a really cool practice, though, and am all in favor of folks celebrating the lives of those they've lost in this positive way. It's just not how I do. Today, on the Day of the Dead, I pulled up dying plants and cut back... Continue reading

My excuse: a crazy, busy, bustling, “retired” life

Posted on by Jean Campbell

  "Where the hell have you been?" my garden and the SGS blog both asked. I put in my last day of employment over a year ago, but when I set my sights on retirement from my "day job", sitting back and relaxing was far from the plan. In this next phase of my life, I will have plenty of time to garden while I finally pursue the career path I chose some 44 years ago: creating and selling art. After I wrapped up my professional responsibilities, I gave myself six months to develop a... Continue reading

Allium reincarnation

Posted on by Jean Campbell

I don't know how a vegetable might earn karma points, but you can often persuade a remnant to offer a little more good with a second life! Onions are a great example. Next time you cut open an onion, set aside the bottom bit. You know, the part with the dried-out roots still sticking out. This little piece of refuse has the potential to become not one, but several new onions. Note that this process does not work with every onion. I'm not certain of the rhyme or reason for success. Maybe it's... Continue reading