HHH Blog
The morning air is cooler now. You know it’s getting to be late summer, and we’re beginning to think about, don’t say it, Fall. You’ve mowed the lawn, picked vegetables, cut flowers to bring inside all season, or not. Now is a great time to think about what went...
Welcome to the Healthy Home Habitats house!
How is it that I've never posted about this amazing and challenging adventure; the renovation of an older home to be efficient in so many ways? This house is now two homes instead of one; with as much solar power as could be fit on an unusual roof; with heat/AC pumps...
A Big Dog & Ecologically-Friendly Landscape Design?
What are your options when your family has one or more very active, large dogs that "need to REALLY PLAY in the yard, preferably unobstructed"? Be happy. You’re thinking ahead, acknowledging a design constraint that can reduce future frustration with dog/landscape...
Starting From Scratch!
A new client called to say "We're starting from scratch with our retirement home and we want our landscape to be ecologically-friendly this time!" I was so delighted to receive the call. They have two, large, very playful dogs so no fussy planting beds in midst of the...
Annual Solar Shift
Yay! I bet someone else notes this day annually too? There must be a term for it. From this day forward the Healthy Home Habitats house catches up to what we used last winter and now starts saving kWH to use next winter for heat and household electricity. It costs us...
Easy-Peasy: STEP 3 – “Planting Them Seeds in a Bucket!”
Mary and Carter live in an apartment and they want to grow peapods too! They don't have a fence or garden so they are joining Easy-Peasy using a bucket with a small, wooden lattice. STEP THREE YouTube: https://youtu.be/okvTGZDEWs8 SUPPLIES: 5-gallon Bucket (Paint or...
Easy-Peasy: STEP 3 – “Planting Them Seeds in a Bucket!”
Mary and Carter live in an apartment and they want to grow peapods too! So they are joining Easy-Peasy using a bucket. STEP THREE YouTube: https://youtu.be/okvTGZDEWs8 SUPPLIES: 5-gallon Bucket (Paint or from a hardware store) Screwdriver with ⅜” drill bit Potting...
STEP ONE: “Easy-Peasy Vining Vegetables” Home Gardening Project for Beginner Gardeners!
STEP ONE: Emma and her Mom Theresa embark on this pea pod growing adventure together. They set pea seeds to soak overnight so that the seeds are ready to sprout when planted (This overnight soaking helps all pea and/or other hard-coated seeds). MATERIALS NEEDED: *Pea...
