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Happy New Year. 2013 in Reflection. Hopeful in 2014

January 1, 2014 By: Anna12 Comments

Happy New Year!

As the year closes, it is a great time to reflect on 2013. I found this year to be challenging since I took on quite too  many  projects this year. But thankfully, it all turned out for the best.

Before, I begin, I just want to say thank you.  Your support and trust has helped me to carve out a new 2014.  So, here is how my 2013 fared and what 2014 will be looking like.

2013 Reflections:

Green Sisterhood:  

My dream, Green Sisterhood, flourished in its first year.  We now have an active community in which we  encourage change for ourselves and the Planet.   We are proud to work with Earth Mama Angel Baby, Klean Kanteen, Gaia Herbs and Mighty Nest to  increase their exposure among our readers.  We adore these companies and we hope you do too.

In addition, the GS green women blogging network, which helps green companies increase their exposure, has grown into a cohesive  group.  Not only do we help companies, we also work as a group to help grow our individual blog communities.  Consider joining us if your are a green blogger.

Green Talk:  

Green Talk finally received a much needed make-over.  It was so hard to let go of my old theme.  With the perseverance of Karen of ecokaren (my co-founder of Green Sisterhood) and the clever hand of Alicia of Clever Kiwi, I finally said good-bye to the old and embraced a much prettier one which  reflects my fun personality.  So, if you are a blogger in need of a blog re-do,  Alicia is your woman.  (She has the patience of a saint.)

Be sure to check out my new site if you are reading this article via a feed reader. I am in love with my new blue gardening boot header.

The Garden:

My garden exploded this year. The wind gave me a ton of free plants.  In fact, a couple of years ago, I had 3 feverfew plants.  This year, I had over 30 new feverfew plants.  My dill, fennel, echinacea,  rudbeckia, and horseradish keep multiplying.

*Sign* I didn’t have the heart to yank out these plants.  So, now I have a new flower garden around one of my larger gardens.  Hopefully, the bees will be even more excited about visiting my garden next spring. *Love Bees!*

Hopeful 2014

Selling my Herbs

I am extremely excited to announce that I will be selling my dry herbs from my garden. I grow oregano, tarragon, feverfew,  sage, alfalfa, celery leaves, different mints and much more. I am bringing my garden to you. I just need to figure out how to sell them on my site. If you have an ecommerce site with your blog, I would love your advice (such as which plugin to use and shopping cart).

PS if you are interested in some fresh herbs now, just contact me here.

 Food Waste E-course

I am  in the process of finishing my first video e-course to help you save money by using your food scraps. You know I am the queen of food scraps.  So stay tuned for its release!

Arsenic Campaign:

I called the arsenic campaign as the little train that could.  Slowly but surely, the campaign has picked up over 7700 signatures to urge the FDA to regulate arsenic in rice.  If you haven’t signed the petition, please do, or if you have signed the petition, please forward this post to your friends and family.  Everyone is affected by arsenic in rice since rice and its by-products are in many foods.  Arsenic can causes cancer.

So, join me and  raise your glass to  2014 since I know it is going to be exciting year!

Again, thanks for taking the ride with me.

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Comments

  1. 1

    Lori Popkewitz Alper says

    January 2, 2014 at 12:27 pm

    Wow Anna. What an amazing year for you! Congratulations on all your achievements. Here’s to a fabulous 2014!

    Reply
    • 2

      Anna@Green Talk says

      January 3, 2014 at 12:15 pm

      Lori, I realized that you just have to get your butt to do it. Thankfully I have Karen to push me. Here’s to fighting the toxins in 2014. Maybe it will be the year of arsenic? Anna

      Reply
  2. 3

    Betsy (Eco-novice) says

    January 2, 2014 at 2:27 pm

    I am so jealous of your gardening prowess. That’s awesome that you will be selling your herbs! I buy many of mine from my CSA. Love getting even my seasonings locally!

    Reply
    • 4

      Anna@Green Talk says

      January 3, 2014 at 12:13 pm

      Betsy, I love that you call it “prowess.” Some would say it is an obsession. 🙂 Anna

      Reply
  3. 5

    Lindsay says

    January 2, 2014 at 5:35 pm

    I love your new site! I’m excited to see how your Green Sisterhood has grown in the past year and would love to hop on the phone to consider joining wearing my blogging hat!

    Reply
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      Anna@Green Talk says

      January 3, 2014 at 12:12 pm

      Lindsay, my site is all Alicia! She is the master. Anna

      Reply
  4. 7

    James Paulson says

    January 2, 2014 at 5:52 pm

    In 2014, I’m hoping to instill more of an eco-friendly mentality in their lives. I’ve started to navigate them towards the choices that will better the planet, but I’m not sure if they quite “get” it yet!

    Reply
    • 8

      Anna@Green Talk says

      January 3, 2014 at 12:11 pm

      James, you will get there. Baby steps. Anna

      Reply
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    karen says

    January 2, 2014 at 8:09 pm

    2013 was a monumental year for us for sure but can’t wait for 2014 to kick 2013 in the arse! It’s going to be seismic! Can’t think of a better word to describe how awesome 2014 is going to be. 🙂

    Reply
    • 10

      Anna@Green Talk says

      January 3, 2014 at 12:11 pm

      Karen, Green Sisterhood is like a fine wine. It just gets better and better each year. Anna

      Reply
  6. 11

    James Paulson says

    January 3, 2014 at 12:29 pm

    Happy Belated New Year! Looking forward to everything you’ll feature in 2014!

    Reply
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      Anna@Green Talk says

      January 6, 2014 at 12:27 pm

      James, you too. Thanks so much for commenting on all my posts lately! Anna

      Reply

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