Category: green living
Apple Picking 2010: Now, With Less Stress!
Every year, the kids and I (and often our friends) head to local farms for pick-you-own fun. This past weekend, that meant apple picking. The apple picking season generally starts in September and goes through early November here in Connecticut, so we are more than half-way through the season (and late by our standards). Fortunately, [...]
On Carrot Greens, Radish Greens and Other Edible Wastes
A few years ago, I fell deeply in love with beet greens. They have a similar taste to beets, though far milder — like a beet-tinged spinach. And they are lovely served raw in salad, sauteed and more. Until learning that they were edible, I had always been in the cut-and-toss camp, though. A similar [...]
Gardening: First Glimpse 2010
This is the garden I have always dreamed of having. So excited that my efforts last year are paying off this year. Next week … a look at the veggies.
Foraging On My Own Property
That is a palmful of some blissfully juicy, sweet-tart wild blackberries. So tasty. Last week, I noticed something red in a bush along my driveway while pulling out to go to the store. I didn’t stop at the time, and I mentally wrote it off as some inedible red berries like the perfectly round and [...]
Fertile Fridays: Moment of Silence
As I sat down to write this, I learned that Walter Cronkite has died. Cronkite was an amazing journalist and newsman who inspired many young people to research harder, write better and dig to present the public with the clearest picture of the news they could. Tonight’s post is wordless, as it’s the closest to [...]
Fertile Fridays: The Slug Problem
For the better part of June, and too much of May, we had a little problem: rain. It has rained almost every day for a month. Seriously. Sure, we had a good day here and there, but it’s been a crazy wet season. And what comes with the overabundance of wetness? As my cousin, Farmer [...]
When You Can’t Get Away . . . Take a Staycation
I might be a little obsessed with the word “staycation.” It’s so inventive. And it perfectly describes what we are doing this summer. As much as I would love to whisk the kids away to a house on the Jersey shore or drive up to visit my husband’s family, it’s just not in the cards [...]
More Eco-Friendly Father’s Day Gifts
Still looking for the perfect gift for your eco-friendly dad? I am running down some good options that you can get last minute this week . . . Click here to check out part 1 in this series. Organic Style: Organic Style has a variety of eco-friendly suggestions from trees to journals to chocolates. They [...]
Growing Our Own Food
The price of baby food – the organic, affordable food that Paige eats – jumped 10 cents. Sugar has more than doubled in price for our small town. Gas is teetering on $4 a gallon. I talked about my fears last week . . . and they only seem to intensify as the days pass. [...]
Our Children’s World
A deadly virus is attacking young children in China. A tidal wave has killed thousands in Myanmar/Burma. A woman held prisoner by her own father is finally free of her basement prison after 30 years and several children . . . As if that isn’t enough, gas prices are skyrocketing to a point I never [...]
