Don’t want to drag your leaves to the curb? Great, keep them! Fall Tree and shrub leaves contain fertilizer and humus -critical to healthy shrubs, flowers, trees and food gardens. And, oh yes, they are FREE! Dump them into a circle of chicken wire in a back corner of...
Family Gardening Strategies
Favorite Environmental Actions at Home
Purple kale alongside the porch, Red Runner Beans and cucumbers hanging on the fence, pumpkins up a trellis and peach trees at the sidewalk, . I love that at least this food will not burn fossil fuel being shipped cross country to our table. I love that we grow them...
March for Gardeners: It’s all about the soil!
HOME ACTIONS FOR HEALING OUR EARTH All of the lovely fruits and vegetables we hope to harvest from our gardens this year rely on the soil they grow in for their nutrients. And healthy soil is full of bacteria! "These soil...
Anguished Animal Lover
Dear Healthy Home Habitats, I love my affectionate cat and I like to feed wild birds in the backyard too. But for the third time this week I’ve come home to beautiful, little feathers strewn throughout the house 🙁 I know I should keep Clara the Cat inside but she...