Welcome Guest Poster, Alexandra Gnoske, Author of Loui Saves the Earth, Around 70 years ago we experienced some major changes in the United States. “Better living through chemistry,” “Agribusiness,” and “Consumerism” caused a major shift in our culture that created some of today’s major environmental issues. These changes brought plastic, pesticides, and large amounts of […]
Growing Your Own Raspberries and Blueberries
Remember I told you I would give you a glimpse of the garden through the next couple of weeks? Well you got the buckwheat, sorghum, perennial tour a couple of weeks ago. Didn’t you just love it? (Lie if you have too. Us gardeners can be sooo sensitive when it comes to their gardens.) Well, if you […]
Porous Pavement for Cold Climate Storm Water Management
While visiting Ann Arbor, Michigan this summer, I got an upclose and personal view of pervious (porous) pavement. I have always been a fan of this type of pavement to counteract our “paving paradise to put a parking lot” philosophy and reduce our storm water run-off problem. You know. All the flooding associated with more pavement […]
