Get Real and Give Thanks

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

Victory Garden

Day one I'm not holding my breath for all that purported "American Greatness" to start showing up any time soon. I'm beginning my Victory Garden today. We can stretch our food dollars, save money on supplies, and help the planet heal with our gardening practices. This post details a few ways to do just so. When I see piles of sticks and leaves all bagged up with plastic and ready for the trash heap, I instinctively do a head bump. I confess to sending a lot of tree matter away before I... Continue reading

Cardboard Love

  We are shopping more and more online. The pandemic exacerbated that practice. I order my home products from Grove.co because I get only recycled plastic if any at all, and they have a wide array of earth-friendly products to choose from. I order my pet care products, and lots of other things online as well.  That means the cardboard is coming in by the droves. What to do next? DON'T THROW IT AWAY!!! If you don't have a friend with an impending move, and you don't ship things... Continue reading

The Annual Dandelion Rant

It's that time of year again. A warm breeze inspires hope of cold days ending, the morning sun beckons the jewel-like glow of lime green new growth, and weekend gardeners gather their trowels, their poisons, and their resolve to annihilate the dreaded dandelion. How dare they dot your perfectly groomed carpets of thick grass. WTF? Those beautifully groomed green lawns are the bane of this planet's existence, while dandelions can do nothing but good... for the dirt, for the pollinators,... Continue reading