tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26559561165864811682024-03-13T15:38:42.778-04:00Sustainable PossibilitiesA place where we can share ways to incorporate sustainability into our lives. Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08291049942974087940noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655956116586481168.post-45831570746269874532015-06-20T21:03:00.001-04:002015-06-20T21:03:36.213-04:00VegOut! Outsmarting deer, groundhogs and other wildlife<div class="MsoNormal">
This summer I am excited to have the chance to write several
articles for the “grow it” column of Bedford 2020’s VegOut! newsletter. </div>
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<a href="http://bedford2020.org/" target="_blank">Bedford 2020</a>’s aim is
to reduce the town’s carbon emissions 20% by the year 2020.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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The “<a href="http://bedford2020.org/outsmarting-deer-groundhogs-and-other-wildlife/">grow
it</a>” column of <a href="http://bedford2020.org/veg-out/" target="_blank">VegOut!</a> helps you
grow your own food – you can’t get more local than growing your own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Growing our own food not only eliminates any
carbon emissions that would have been produced by schlepping food in from another
part of the country, it also enables us to have easy access to fresh, nutritious
food and connects us to the land and the cycles of nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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The amazing thing is that when Bedford 2020 first came into
existence, it was a time of ever-increasing carbon footprints, and the idea of
formally committing to reduce the carbon footprint of a whole town by 20<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">% </b>was ambitious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, a few years later, it has become common
to hear of individuals, apartment buildings, companies, communities and
localities all around the globe reducing their carbon footprints, so much so
that carbon-emission reduction has almost become mainstream!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find it incredible how quickly this shift
has occurred, and how much we are changing in the ways we live
sustainably.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The good news is that in just
four years, Bedford 2020 is already 79% of the way towards its goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(79% of 20% = almost 16% reduction so far.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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For my first VegOut! article, I chose to continue my series
of blog posts about gardening with deer, groundhogs, and other wildlife, by
offering more tips about how to enjoy your garden’s harvests before
the deer, groundhogs, rabbits, chipmunks and birds have a chance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Read my VegOut! article here:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><a href="http://bedford2020.org/outsmarting-deer-groundhogs-and-other-wildlife/">Outsmarting
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Has your community committed to reducing its carbon
emissions?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you have any tips
for gardening with deer, groundhogs and other wildlife?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please share!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08291049942974087940noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655956116586481168.post-12604956943266188922015-06-04T22:07:00.003-04:002017-08-01T01:18:27.642-04:00Gardening with deer, groundhogs and other critters; Part 2: Cage in the plants to keep the pests out!<span style="text-indent: -24px;">A few years ago, I'd had enough with trying to use flimsy netting and popups to keep pests from eating my strawberries. The pest-protection set-ups I tried usually failed to protect the berries, or if they did work, did not last more than one season. </span><br />
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<span style="text-indent: -24px;">So, I decided to instead look for cages meant to keep rodents in!</span><span style="text-indent: -24px;"> I figured anything strong enough to keep pet rodents from escaping would certainly be strong enough to keep critters (such as </span><span style="text-indent: -24px;">chipmunks, squirrels, birds, rabbits, groundhogs and deer)</span><span style="text-indent: -24px;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -24px;">from eating my strawberries before I did. </span><br />
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<span style="text-indent: -24px;">My search led me to rat playpens.</span><span style="text-indent: -24px;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -24px;">I found they were wonderful at keeping deer, groundhogs, rabbits and even birds, chipmunks and squirrels out!</span><span style="text-indent: -24px;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -24px;">The playpens provided protection against fruit-eating birds but allowed insect pollinators to come and go.</span><span style="text-indent: -24px;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -24px;">The photo below shows a raised bed of strawberries protected by a rat playpen.</span><br />
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<span style="text-indent: -24px;">Several years later, the strawberry beds in rat playpens are still going strong. The playpens remain pest-proof and sturdy, and not a single strawberry got away! </span><br />
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<span style="text-indent: -24px;">As an added bonus, the hinged roof on the playpen makes harvesting a cinch! </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The hinged roof folds upon itself, making a convenient shelf while harvesting.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="text-indent: -24px;">Last August, my family decided to set up some more raised beds surrounded with playpens. </span><br />
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<span style="text-indent: -24px;">For complete pest-proofing, place a piece of hardwire cloth underneath the raised bed. We skipped over this step and placed empty 3' x 3' raised beds right on top of the lawn. We did not weed or remove the grass; we just surrounded the empty raised bed with black weed-block fabric to eliminate the adjacent grass. </span><br />
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<span style="text-indent: -24px;">Then we placed corrugated cardboard on top of the grass inside the raised beds. The cardboard will serve as a weed/grass block for now, and over time will decompose and become part of the soil. </span><br />
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<span style="text-indent: -24px;">We added a few wheelbarrow's full of almost-finished compost to fill in the raised beds a</span><span style="text-indent: -24px;">nd topped them off with finished compost. (If we had more finished compost, we would have filled the whole raised bed with it.) </span><br />
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We surrounded the raised beds with <span style="text-indent: -24px;">42” x 42” playpens. (We used the large size rat playpen from </span><a href="http://www.martinscages.com/products/cages/rat/" style="text-indent: -24px;">Martin’s cages</a><span style="text-indent: -24px;">).</span><span style="text-indent: -24px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -24px;">Playpen-enclosed raised beds are ideal for low-growing edibles.</span><span style="text-indent: -24px;"> We planted a mixture of lettuce, kale, beets and chard in this August planting for a fall harvest. </span><br />
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This is what they looked like in November:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Beets and chard in the cage, a couple of months later...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A basketful of </span><span style="font-size: small;">Red Russian kale and rainbow chard</span><span style="font-size: small;"> from our playpen-protected raised beds picked in November.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="text-indent: -24px;">We have found these playpens perfect for growing strawberries, lettuce, kale, chard, beets and spinach and keeping them safe from nibblers of all sorts.</span><span style="text-indent: -24px;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -24px;">We are even considering growing lowbush blueberries in one in the future!</span><br />
<span style="text-indent: -24px;"><br /></span><span style="text-indent: -24px;">Anything that can keep a rat in can keep a chipmunk out!</span><br />
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<span style="text-indent: -24px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.3999996185303px; line-height: 23.9555549621582px; text-indent: 0px;">This post is the second in a series about gardening with deer and other wildlife. </span></span><br />
<span style="text-indent: -24px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.3999996185303px; line-height: 23.9555549621582px; text-indent: 0px;">Read the other posts in this series:</span></span><br />
<span style="text-indent: -24px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.3999996185303px; line-height: 23.9555549621582px; text-indent: 0px;"><a href="http://sustainablepossibilities.blogspot.com/2015/06/gardening-with-deer-groundhogs-and.html" target="_blank">Gardening with deer, groundhogs and other critters; Part 1: Location, location, location</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="text-indent: -24px;">(</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.3999996185303px; line-height: 23.9555549621582px;">This post was shared on </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;"><a href="http://homesteadbloggersnetwork.com/green-thumb-thursday-linkup-64/" style="color: #23a328; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Green Thumb Thursdays</a> and <a href="http://urbannaturale.com/live-it-up-at-the-healthy-happy-green-natural-party-blog-hop-70/" target="_blank">Healthy, Happy, Green & Natural Party Hop</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.3999996185303px; line-height: 23.9555549621582px;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;">.)</span></span><br />
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Depending on whether your garden is on the edge of the woods
or in the center of a city, it will be plagued to varying degrees by
wildlife. For some gardeners, it’s just
a matter of deterring fruit-eating birds and bulb-digging squirrels. Other gardeners must contend with regular
visits from deer, groundhogs (aka woodchucks) and rabbits too. </div>
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In my case, a deer trail runs on top of a steep hill behind
my house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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My first few years gardening here were met with mixed
success.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not used to living in
deer-country, I was dismayed to find the tomatoes I planted were eaten just as
the fruit ripened.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over the years, my
family tried various strategies such as surrounding our garden with snow
fencing, which proved cumbersome and not terribly effective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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One year I successfully grew a few butternut squash plants
deeply intermixed with plants that deer normally do not eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unlike planting a mass of edibles all together
in a garden plot (which seem to shout to the deer “We’re here!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’re here!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We’re here!”), edibles that are scattered individually often remain
below the radar of deer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the
critters did not find it worth their while to invest the energy to come and
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Every year at the end of June, apples from an old tree drop
onto the corner of our property, and without fail the apples become a deer
magnet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the evenings, we see deer
munching on the fallen apples. Once the deer have made the detour to forage
under the apple tree, they check out what else is edible around our house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Daylilies and other plants that were thriving
in early June are eaten in one fell swoop at the end of June.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Garden in nooks and crannies: Make use of microenvironments
that are inaccessible to deer and groundhogs.</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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When my daughter was eleven, she wanted to plant tulips- red
ones, and lots of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately,
tulips are like candy to deer, and where we live, tulips don’t stand a
chance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, thinking about deer, we
realized that we did have a place that the deer would not venture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have a high rock wall, with a picket fence
on top leaving just a few inches of soil between the edge of the rocks and the fence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As a general rule, deer do not jump into confined spaces that are too small
for the deer to take a running leap out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Here was the perfect tulip nook.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We selected the tulips – Red Hunter Species Tulips, which are hardy as
far as tulips go, and World’s Favorite Darwin Tulips, and we planted them on
top of the wall that fall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our tulip
nook worked – the deer left them alone, and they looked stunning next to the
garden phlox that cascades over the wall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Years later, the tulips still put on a show.</span></div>
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<b>Garden near your house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></div>
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Many times (but not always) animals will not venture up onto a front
porch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A friend of mine, who often has
deer in her backyard, is able to grow tomatoes in containers on her porch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Growing deer-favorites in window boxes and
hanging baskets are options too. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Have you found ways to outsmart the deer by taking advantage
of thorny bushes, high walls, small spaces, and other conditions that make an
area inaccessible to deer? Have you ever planted at low densities and managed to sneak below
the deer radar?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please share your
attempts in the comments below.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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This post is the first in a series about gardening with deer
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Around my neck of the woods, this is the time of year to be
on the lookout for spring ephemerals –plants that take advantage of the
sunlight coming through the open canopy in the early spring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Spring ephemerals are woodland, perennial
plants that flower and set seed now, before the trees above them have fully
leafed out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In summer, the forest floor
will be in deep shade, and the spring ephemerals will be “gone” - with just their
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This week I spotted Dutchman's Breeches (<i>Dicentra cucullaria</i>) as I walked through the woods:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">Dutchman's Breeches (</span><i style="font-size: medium; text-align: start;">Dicentra cucullaria</i><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">)</span></td></tr>
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and skunk cabbage (<i>Symplocarpus foetidus</i>):</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">Skunk cabbage (</span><i style="font-size: medium; text-align: start;">Symplocarpus foetidus</i><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">)</span></td></tr>
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I also came across these spotted leaves that I suspect may be trout lily (<i>Erythronium americanum</i>). I will keep watching them to see if they send up flowers:</div>
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And, I suspect this might be Jack-in-the-pulpit (<i>Arisaema triphyllum</i>):</div>
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Spring ephemerals are fleeting. Enjoy looking for them in the woods, and let me know what you find.</div>
Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08291049942974087940noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655956116586481168.post-33923432859008331912014-09-20T12:24:00.000-04:002014-09-20T12:24:32.545-04:00People's Climate March<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="text-align: start;">Come join me and thousands of others at the </span><a href="http://peoplesclimate.org/march/" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank">People’s Climate March</a><span style="text-align: start;"> in NYC tomorrow Sunday September 21, 2014!</span></div>
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I love seeing the progression of cherry tomato development along a stem. </div>
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This week, we've been eating lots of cherry tomatoes, which I love. Lately I've found myself even eating a few with breakfast, which has been surprisingly satisfying. </div>
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It's a good thing I like cherry tomatoes so much, because our Brandywine tomatoes have a while to go before they'll be ripe.</div>
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Thanks to our trees, we have a lot of shade in our garden...</div>
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so sun-loving crops (such as those Brandywine tomatoes, eggplant, squash, and other large-fruited crops) take longer to mature. However, we have enough sun for smaller fruits, and we've been harvesting lots of cherry tomatoes and green beans. The strawberries have also had a good year. </div>
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The butternut squash that I planted also has a long way to go. I always feel lucky if I get to harvest a few squash before the fall frost. </div>
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We often have a few surprise volunteer cucurbits growing from our compost. I always let a few of them grow. Last year, I thought a cucurbit growing from compost in a raised bed was going to be a pumpkin, but it ended up being a delicious cantaloupe! </div>
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This year I am letting a volunteer cucurbit grow right out of one of my compost bins. It looks like it might be a pumpkin, but maybe it will end up being a cantaloupe. </div>
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The parsley and chives continue to thrive. We harvested a basketful of parsley<br />
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added some of our garden chives and garlic, and my husband made some delicious red quinoa tabouli (with the help of a farmer's market yellow heirloom tomato).<br />
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Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08291049942974087940noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655956116586481168.post-84542125351674591562014-08-04T22:54:00.001-04:002017-09-20T15:29:19.973-04:00 Basil, pesto and crop rotation (with a side of green beans, wineberries and tomato)Yesterday my son and I harvested basil to make pesto. We were able to quickly harvest about 6 cups worth of basil leaves while barely made a dent in the basil we have growing.<br />
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This was great news because for the last two years our basil did not do so well. I had been growing basil in the same spot in our garden year after year. The last two years were a far cry from the plentiful basil harvests we had first gotten, and I was wondering if the lack of rotation was contributing to the problem. </div>
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So this year, I tried growing basil in several new locations:</div>
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I'm growing some basil some in a container on our front porch, I'm growing some interspersed with perennials along the front path, and I'm growing some in a small raised bed where I grew beans and melon last year. The result is a lot of healthy looking basil, and hopefully a lot more pesto to come. </div>
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There are several great resources that provide guidance on crop rotation (such as these articles from <a href="http://www.organicgardening.com/learn-and-grow/crop-rotation?page=0,0" target="_blank">Organic Gardening</a> and <a href="http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/healthy-soil-crop-rotation-zmaz10fmzraw.aspx#axzz39TjjEQkF" target="_blank">Mother Earth News</a>). In general, it's best to avoid growing plants in a location where plants of that family have grown within the last three years. Soil-borne diseases and pests are often specific for one family of plants. If the same family of plants is grown in the same location year after year, the populations of those pathogens and pests may build up in the soil and can lead to poor harvests of those plants. By rotating where plants are grown each year, the pest and pathogen populations stay in check. <br />
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Another reason to rotate plants is because different plants have different nutritional needs. Legumes like peas and beans actually add atmospheric nitrogen to the soil thanks to their symbiotic relationship with nitrogen-fixing rhizobia. Other plants, such as leafy and fruiting crops, are heavy feeders and use up a lot of nitrogen. Alternating these types of crops allows them to thrive. <br />
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For those with small gardens, it can be hard to figure out how to rotate crops. This is especially the case when there are other constraints, such as making sure taller plants are not shading shorter plants, or making sure climbers such as pole beans are next to a fence. Using containers on my porch allowed me to expand my options (and my garden!) Luckily the local critters (rabbits, woodchucks, deer) did not venture up onto the porch to munch on the basil which was grown without fencing. An additional raised bed also allowed me to expand my crop rotation possibilities. The end result for this year is a healthy basil crop.<br />
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Pesto is a huge favorite in my house. Here is the recipe that we use. We used the fresh picked basil and <a href="http://sustainablepossibilities.blogspot.com/2014/07/harvesting-garlic.html" target="_blank">garlic that we harvested last week</a>.<br />
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6 c basil leaves<br />
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Also harvested from the garden this week: green beans, green beans and more green beans. These green beans are from the black beans that were <a href="http://sustainablepossibilities.blogspot.com/2014/06/yesterday-i-went-out-to-pick-some-basil.html" target="_blank">planted here</a>. The scarlet runner beans that were panted at the same time are flowering but have not produced any beans yet. <br />
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This post was shared on <a href="http://daphnesdandelions.blogspot.com/2014/08/harvset-monday-4-august-2014.html" target="_blank">Harvest Mondays</a> and <a href="http://growagoodlife.com/winter-gardening-green-thumb-thursday/" target="_blank">Green Thumb Thursday</a>.Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08291049942974087940noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655956116586481168.post-65801937126646464832014-07-28T20:59:00.001-04:002014-07-31T10:00:03.929-04:00Harvesting garlicJust outside of my fenced-in vegetable garden, I grow garlic, onions, chives, several herbs and asparagus. So far the deer, rabbits, woodchucks and other visitors have left these plants alone. I harvested most of the <a href="http://sustainablepossibilities.blogspot.com/2014/06/growing-harvesting-and-seed-collecting.html" target="_blank">garlic scapes earlier this summer</a>, but I left a few of the garlic scapes on the plants to form garlic bulbils - tiny garlic bulbs that form in clusters at the end of the scapes.<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">This weekend I harvested about half of our garlic. Since it had not rained in a while, the soil was dry and loose. I simply grabbed hold of the plants and pulled them out. It is best to wait for a dry day to harvest garlic. Depending on your soil type, you may need to loosen the soil before harvesting your garlic plants. </span></div>
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After harvesting, I placed the garlic on a slatted wooden bench on a covered porch. It's important for the garlic to cure in an area with good ventilation that is out of the sun. Some folks like to make garlic braids. I find the slatted bench method works just fine and is a lot quicker.</div>
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The harvested garlic bulbs are different sizes. I suspect the smaller ones have grown from bulbils. </div>
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We still are enjoying garlic from last year's harvest, which means we made it the whole year without running out of garlic! After I cured the garlic last year, I cut off the stems and stored the bulbs in paper bags in an unheated basement. The basement stays cool all year - not quite a root cellar, but good enough for storing garlic. <br />
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We've been harvesting the last of the Cascadian snap peas, the first of the green beans, a few early cherry tomatoes, Red Russian kale, and the ever-constant chives. The green beans are from the black beans I planted in June that I had saved from last year's harvest (<a href="http://sustainablepossibilities.blogspot.com/2014/06/yesterday-i-went-out-to-pick-some-basil.html" target="_blank">see this post</a>). We harvest many as green beans, but we will also let some mature into black beans. </div>
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This has been one of our best years for strawberries. We've had a steady stream all season. </div>
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This is what our asparagus patch looks like now that we've stopped harvesting it. (See <a href="http://sustainablepossibilities.blogspot.com/2014/05/ten-reasons-why-you-should-grow.html" target="_blank">here</a> for what this patch looked like in the spring.) Photosynthesis in the fronds takes place all summer and nourishes the roots, allowing the plants to send out new asparagus spears next spring. The fronds are over four feet tall and beautiful. Don't make the mistake I made of planting asparagus along the south side of a garden where it shades the garden. </div>
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A few years ago, my daughter planted a packet of wildflower seeds. Every year they come up and make me smile. Here are some photos of the <i>Echinacea purpurea</i> from that patch:<br />
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(This post was shared on <a href="http://daphnesdandelions.blogspot.com/2014/07/harvest-monday-28-july-2014.html" target="_blank">Harvest Mondays</a>, <a href="http://104homestead.com/rainbow-salads-green-thumb-thursday/" target="_blank">Green Thumb Thursdays</a> and <a href="http://urbannaturale.com/live-it-up-at-the-healthy-happy-green-natural-party-blog-hop-36/" target="_blank">Healthy, Happy, Green & Natural Party Hop</a>.)Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08291049942974087940noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655956116586481168.post-81110659134228107792014-07-24T15:01:00.000-04:002014-07-29T14:07:22.711-04:00The Sustainability R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and More <div class="MsoNormal">
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This week I heard an educator for sustainability from the United Arab Emirates talk via skype at the <a href="http://www.celfeducation.org/WhatWeDo-summer-institute.html" target="_blank">CELF summer institute</a> about the 6R’s of sustainability, rather than the more familiar 3R’s (reduce, reuse, recycle). Respect and refuse were two of the additional R's she listed, but I could not recall the 6<sup>th</sup> R.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I immediately googled 6R’s and found that rather than a standardized list of 6Rs, there are a whole slew of sustainability R’s offered on different web pages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That got me thinking, how many sustainability R’s should we have?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Which are the most important?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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By reducing the amount of “stuff” we obtain, we decrease the energy needed for manufacture, transport and disposal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also cause less disruption to the ecosystems where the materials originate, are transported through and are disposed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Life on a finite world, with finite resources, always involves limits.</div>
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There has been a huge shift across the country from throwing most waste into the trash, to recycling a large portion of it. Single-stream recycling is changing the amount of recycling done by many households. Check out yesterday's post on <a href="http://sustainablepossibilities.blogspot.com/2014/07/recycling-dramatic-change.html" target="_blank">recycling.</a> </div>
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<b>Respect</b> and <b>Responsibility</b> both ask us to think about the ecosystem, including the people who live around the world, and think about any effects our actions might have.<o:p></o:p></div>
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To me, refuse fits within the category reduce.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By refusing items, we are essentially reducing our consumption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This month of July, many in the sustainability community are encouraging others to refuse single-use disposable plastic items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At ReduceFootprints blog this week’s <a href="http://reducefootprints.blogspot.com/p/change-world-wednesday-ctww.html" target="_blank">#CTWW challenge</a> is to refuse plastic bags. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Replenish, replant, restore, recover</b> all seem to convey a similar theme: trying to leave the world as we found it for those who come after us. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Rethink/reinvent</b> promote divergent/out-of-the-box thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As is often attributed to Einstein, "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them." This is a critical part of sustainability and one that I think should definitely be highlighted. By rethinking, we also make sure to view actions from different perspectives and consider how they will effect different constituencies of our planet. </div>
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<b>Repair/renew</b> might be lumped together with the <b>replenish </b> group in terms of repairing the environment for future generations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, they can also be thought of as repairing or renewing an item so that it may be <b>reused</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b>Rot </b>– I found this on a list of R's to represent composting, mulching and other parts of the cycle. Growing up, my family collected kitchen scraps for our garden well before composting became remotely fashionable. </div>
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Reflect, Realize, Relate, Rotate, Remember, Return, Remediate</div>
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<o:p>I like Return, because it conveys a sense of a full circle, rather than a linear path. </o:p>I think ultimately we should be thinking “cradle to cradle” for all items we use, in other words, consider the entire cycle so that there is no “waste” product at any point. This will be the subject for a future post.</div>
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What would your sustainability R’s be?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Are there any R's that are not mentioned that you would include?<br />
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Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08291049942974087940noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655956116586481168.post-16067767540804562392014-07-23T14:24:00.001-04:002014-07-29T13:56:00.863-04:00Recycling: A dramatic change!<div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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When I was a girl, there was no recycling in my NYC neighborhood. Everything disposed of was thrown into the trash and ultimately went to the landfill. I used to imagine an invention where I could insert a used piece of paper in the top, and out the bottom would come a clean, recycled piece of paper.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">In the last year, I’ve noticed an explosion of recycling efforts around the country. Suddenly, single-stream recycling is everywhere, and many people can now recycle the majority of their waste. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">In my town, we can now recycle an incredible array of items. Take a look at everything that can <a href="http://bedford2020.org/assets/singlestreamflyer.pdf" target="_blank">be recycled</a>. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Wanting to find out the limits of our new recycling, I sent queries: </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">1. Could I recycle the plastic bags with zippers that sheets are sold in? YES<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">2. What about plastic burritos wrappers? YES<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">3. granola bar wrappers? YES<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">4. Al foil backed paper that enclose some individual tea bags? YES<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">5. What about if there's burned on food from grilling on Al foil? STILL OK TO PUT IN</div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Here is a great <a href="http://bedford2020.org/assets/RecordReviewSSR.pdf" target="_blank">article</a> that describes how the recycling facility sorts and prepares for selling the single-stream recycling that is collected. It's actually cheaper for trash haulers to bring single-stream recycling to the recycling facility than it is for them to dump it as trash. When in doubt about whether an item is recyclable or not, it is best to recycle it.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">If you have single-stream recycling in your neighborhood, make sure you are taking full advantage and are recycling everything that is allowable.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">In the past few months, many households in my neighborhood have gone from having a huge trash container and a small recycling bin, to having a huge recycling container and just a small amount of trash for the landfill. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">In NYC public schools and many other schools around the country, students can now recycle metal & foil; glass bottles & jars; rigid plastics; milk & juice cartons and drink boxes and paper in their school cafeterias. The NYC neighborhood where I grew up now recycles paper, cardboard, metal, glass, plastic (rigid plastics) & cartons (for food and beverages).<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">It’s been amazing to witness this monumental shift from large scale dumping to large-scale recycling.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">It’s important to remember, however, that items that are recycled still incur energy and pollution costs to the environment from manufacturing and transport. Of the classic 3R's, reducing and reusing are preferred to recycling.<br />
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Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08291049942974087940noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655956116586481168.post-74661043071069169292014-07-07T23:03:00.000-04:002014-07-08T11:50:01.459-04:00Foraging for blueberries<div class="MsoNormal">
We went hiking at Anthony’s Nose yesterday. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was such a beautiful day for a hike.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p><br />
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About five years ago, we hiked there in early July,
and in addition to the gorgeous view on top, we were met with an abundance of ripe low bush wild blueberries (<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><i>Vaccinium angustifolium</i>)</span>. We haven't managed to replicate the timing for blueberry foraging since then.<br />
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Yesterday, most of the blueberries at Anthony’s Nose were not yet ripe.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Another thing I love about hiking Anthony’s Nose is getting to hike on the Appalachian Trail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yesterday we met a
young woman who had started hiking in Georgia on February 14<sup>th</sup> and
was headed for Maine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Hiking the entire Appalachian Trail </span>is definitely on my
long-term to do list -not in the cards for
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For detailed information about hiking Anthony's Nose, check out <a href="http://hikethehudsonvalley.com/anthonys-nose/" target="_blank">Hike the Hudson Valley's post on Anthony's Nose</a>.<br />
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Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08291049942974087940noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655956116586481168.post-11241885131744347502014-07-04T17:40:00.002-04:002014-07-04T17:40:31.013-04:00The humble handkerchief: Thinking about reusable vs. disposable items<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When I was in college, I spent a semester in Costa
Rica.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For part of my time there, I lived with a host family that had a small farm with six cows. Every morning neighbors used
to come to buy milk, bringing whatever containers they happened to have –old
plastic soda bottles were common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Items
were reused over and over again. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Over the years, my family and I have eliminated many single-use,
disposable items from our routine. When I was a girl, I used to pack my
sandwiches for school in disposable plastic baggies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My own kids now bring their sandwiches in
washable containers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Back then, every purchase came in a paper or plastic bag.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now at my local supermarket, I see more and
more people (myself included) bringing their own bags. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Interestingly, in some instances, the trend has been in the
reverse direction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
someone had a fever, we used a reusable glass mercury thermometer to measure
temperature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My family now uses a
digital thermometer that comes with single-use disposable plastic sleeves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even better would be a washable reusable
thermometer that has the safety and ease of use of our digital
thermometer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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When I conducted research in a biology lab, there was an enormous
amount of single-use disposable equipment, ranging from disposable gloves to
micropipette tips.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Similarly, there’s an
enormous quantity of single-use disposable items used in health care.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think about all of the disposable gloves,
syringes and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>plastic sleeves for
thermometers that are used in many health care facilities. It would be
interesting to compare the safety and carbon footprint of single-use equipment
(including manufacture, transport and disposal) vs. the safety and carbon
footprint of autoclaving or otherwise sterilizing and reusing equipment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Every week <a href="http://reducefootprints.blogspot.com/2014/07/change-world-wednesday-ctww-ban-single.html" target="_blank">Reduce Footprints blog puts out a #CTWW(change the world Wednesday) challenge</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This week’s challenge is to stop using a disposable, single-use product
for a week. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When thinking about the
disposable single-use items that I use on a regular basis, I was struck by how
many of them are related to bodily fluids: tissues, toilet paper, tampons and
sanitary napkins, to name a few.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think
many folks have an automatic “Yuck!” reaction when it comes to bodily
fluids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Year ago, I had a friend who was
adamant that all new parents should use cloth diapers for their babies, but she
herself was using disposable items rather than handkerchiefs and cloth sanitary
napkins for her own bodily excretions!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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I have taken on this week’s challenge, and instead of using single-use
tissues I will revert to the humble handkerchief. My husband always uses
handkerchiefs, so we have a supply in the house that I can borrow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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What about you?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d
love to hear about any changes you’ve noticed in terms of using single-use vs.
reusable items in your life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08291049942974087940noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655956116586481168.post-28927819223414208562014-06-26T10:52:00.000-04:002014-07-31T09:54:07.028-04:00 Starting a school CSAI’m thrilled to share a guest post from my friend and colleague, Christina, who writes about starting a CSA program (community supported agriculture) at the public middle school where she is a teacher:<br />
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Food and school both play a big role in my life so it is not surprising that I spend a good deal of time thinking about both. I have already found a couple of ways to marry the two in a school garden and a healthy lunch program. This year I have been working on a third way to bring better food to our school, a CSA. For anyone not familiar, CSA stands for community supported agriculture and is also known as a “farm share”.<br />
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In starting the CSA, my hopes went beyond just connecting people to food, I wanted to connect people to people. I felt that this was a unique opportunity to bring together people who rarely have contact with one another, but have plenty in common. I envisioned students coming in to pick up their family’s vegetables, parents and teachers swapping recipes, and everyone eating healthier by increasing the variety and amount of fresh vegetables they eat.<br />
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So far, the experience has been all that I hoped for. I get to hear people gushing about their vegetables and all the wonderful recipes they are trying out. Both teachers and district parents bring their children, who are happy to point out what vegetable each bin contains. Teachers from different buildings are getting to know one another, and I am getting to know everyone!<br />
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An additional benefit of the CSA is that it improves the quality of food available to people in need in our area. Any left overs, or shares that people do not pick up are donated to a local food bank. While the food bank is a recipient of a good deal of dry goods, patrons do not otherwise get any fresh produce.<br />
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Since it was my first time orchestrating something like this, I looked for help. <a href="http://www.justfood.org/" target="_blank">Just Food</a>, a NYC based organization that works to connect farmers to consumers in the city, proved to be a great resource, even though my school is located outside of NYC. They offer free workshops on how to start a CSA and connected me with the farmer from <a href="http://www.monkshoodnursery.com/" target="_blank">Monskhood Nursery</a> in upstate NY. I am hoping to work with the farm over the summer to get certification to accept SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that used to be called food stamps) so that shares will be an option for people from a greater variety of economic means. <br />
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Some people questioned why I did not work with a more local farm since there are several nearby that have CSAs. Although I am certainly a big proponent of supporting local farmers, I was even more interested in creating something uniquely ours. The local farms already have CSAs with pick-up at their farms. I thought it was more important to work with a farm that would deliver the CSA shares weekly to my school so that parents, teachers and staff in my school district would have an opportunity to connect with each other at school. My hope is that as the CSA grows, each of the elementary schools will start their own, and we can start to partner with more local growers.<br />
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(This post was shared on <a href="http://www.sevenspringshomestead.com/green-thumb-thursday-featuring-growing-harvesting-and-seed-collecting.html" target="_blank">Green Thumb Thursday</a> and <a href="http://urbannaturale.com/live-it-up-at-the-healthy-happy-green-natural-party-blog-hop-31/" target="_blank">Healthy, Happy, Green & Natural Party Hop</a>.)<br />
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</div><div align="center"><a href="http://homesteadbloggersnetwork.com/?s=green+thumb+thursday" title="Green Thumb Thursday"><img src="http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w346/104homestead/852c0905-83f6-4409-8314-7ce18884b2eb_zpsa59139c5.jpg" alt="Green Thumb Thursday" style="border:none;" /></a></div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08291049942974087940noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655956116586481168.post-88284025483181955322014-06-17T17:24:00.003-04:002014-06-26T11:14:14.133-04:00Growing, Harvesting and Seed Collecting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The beans I <a href="http://sustainablepossibilities.blogspot.com/2014/06/yesterday-i-went-out-to-pick-some-basil.html" target="_blank">planted last week</a> have already grown their first set of true leaves. Below is a photo of the seedlings, grown from the black beans I collected last year. I love how they grow with the seed coat still attached! The tendril is from the Cascadian snap peas. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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This week we ate our final installment of asparagus, along with lots of lettuce, kale, chives, cilantro, strawberries and some peas and garlic scapes.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Elsewhere in the garden:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>I've started collecting columbine seed (<i>Aquilegia canadensis L</i>.). Lots of <a href="http://sustainablepossibilities.blogspot.com/2014/05/this-week-in-garden-almost-wordless.html" target="_blank">columbine are still in bloom</a>, but the early bloomers have gone to seed. <br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">When the seed pods turn brown, it's time to collect the seed. The small black seeds will rattle around and fall right into your hand if you turn them upside down. The green seed pods are not yet ready for collection. </div><br />
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I like to toss the seeds in areas that could use some more columbine color. I save some seeds for later, but I seem to have the best success with columbine when I scatter the seeds now in early summer, and let them over-summer, over-fall and overwinter outside in place. <br />
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(This post was shared on <a href="http://daphnesdandelions.blogspot.com/2014/06/harvest-monday-16-june-2014.html" target="_blank">Harvest Monday at Daphne's Dandelions</a> and <a href="http://homesteadlady.com/green-thumb-thursday-61814/" target="_blank">Green Thumb Thursday</a>.)<br />
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Yesterday I went out to pick some basil leaves to have with dinner, and I discovered a handful of Cascadian snap peas were ready to be picked! <o:p></o:p></div>
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I'm glad the peas are ready, because it's almost time to stop picking the asparagus. <br />
Although this week we had no shortage of asparagus:<br />
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Aside from the basil which I planted from seed this spring, everything else that I harvested this week was either a perennial that I planted in a previous year (asparagus, strawberries, chives) or a volunteer that seeded itself from plants that went to seed last year (lettuce, kale, cilantro). <br />
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This week, the <a href="http://reducefootprints.blogspot.com/2014/06/change-world-wednesday-ctww-plant-some.html" target="_blank">Reduce Footprints Change the World Wednesdays</a> challenge (#CTWW) is to plant some food. I decided to plant some of the bean and squash seed that I saved from last year. </div>
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I planted the bean seeds along the fence where the peas are now so they'll have something to climb, and I planted two kinds of squash in small hills of compost right next to the beans - sort of a modified three sisters garden minus the corn.<br />
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I encourage you to plant some food for the <a href="http://reducefootprints.blogspot.com/2014/06/change-world-wednesday-ctww-plant-some.html" target="_blank">Change the World Wednesdays</a> challenge and to check out the wonderful harvests at <a href="http://daphnesdandelions.blogspot.com/2014/06/harvest-monday-9-june-2014.html" target="_blank">Daphne's Dandelions</a>. </div>
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Elsewhere in the garden, the roses are in bloom along with foxglove, columbine, geraniums, irises, oxalis, forget-me-nots, bleeding heart, peonies, and more!<br />
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(This post was also shared on <a href="http://urbannaturale.com/live-it-up-at-the-healthy-happy-green-natural-party-blog-hop-29/#comment-37301" target="_blank">Healthy, Happy, Green & Natural Party Hop</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.559999465942383px;">.)</span></div>
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Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08291049942974087940noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655956116586481168.post-42596612204245521092014-06-02T23:07:00.000-04:002014-06-02T23:16:56.828-04:00Harvest Monday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This week I've been harvesting a lot of asparagus, kale and chives. </div>
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I'm happy to have discovered Harvest Mondays at <a href="http://daphnesdandelions.blogspot.com/2014_06_01_archive.html" target="_blank">Daphne's Dandelions</a>, where we can share what we are harvesting each week. Some of the posts are beautiful - take a look.Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08291049942974087940noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655956116586481168.post-33620825949724449132014-05-26T22:48:00.000-04:002014-07-29T13:53:22.632-04:00Four reasons why you should adjust your shower colder<div class="MsoNormal">Now that the temperature is starting to creep up here in NY, it’s good to remind ourselves to turn the shower a little colder each day. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Turn your shower to its normal temperature setting and then adjust so it’s slightly colder than you would like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For those of you with young children, do the same for their bathwater.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Acclimates your body to colder water so that you will be all set for summer swimming in lakes, rivers, pools and the ocean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scientist I knew who worked on a boat in Alaska once told me that everyone on the boat jumped into the freezing water each day to make sure that if they ever fell overboard, their bodies would be acclimated to the cold water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Saves energy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only do you save energy by not heating up the water, but you also save energy by not having to cool down your house or apartment after heating up the hot water and having the hot water travel through your pipes.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Saves water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least for me, the colder the shower, the quicker the shower, and the less water used.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Is good for your hair and skin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Folk wisdom has it that cold water is better for your hair and skin than warm water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> (</span>Although, this might just be due to quicker showers (#3), rather than anything intrinsic about the water temperature.)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdns.snacktools.net/bannersnack/embed.js"></script>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08291049942974087940noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655956116586481168.post-41068029172799078952014-05-23T20:38:00.000-04:002014-05-23T20:38:16.774-04:00Weeds for sale! Change the way you think about your yard!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dandelion greens for sale.</td></tr>
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Yesterday I saw dandelion leaves for sale at the local Mrs.
Greens. Dandelions have been on my mind lately.
<a href="http://sustainablepossibilities.blogspot.com/2014/05/weeds-if-you-cant-beat-them-eat-them.html" target="_blank">Earlier I wrote</a>, “When weeding becomes foraging, it’s a change in
mindset.” Realizing that the dandelions growing in your yard can be added to
your sandwich is one thing, but thinking of dandelion leaves as being worth
$3.49 a bunch brings it to a whole other level.
Maybe we should encourage the kids in our neighborhoods to ditch the
lemonade stands and instead harvest and sell the neighborhood’s dandelions. This
is yet one more reason why we should refrain from using pesticides in our
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Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08291049942974087940noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655956116586481168.post-75078943264518534002014-05-21T20:40:00.003-04:002014-05-22T17:20:58.300-04:00This week in the Garden: (Almost) Wordless Wednesday<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dogwood tree (<i>Cornus florida</i>) with azaleas. <br />
When I planted the dogwood, it was just a foot tall.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Candystripe phlox (<i>Phlox subulata</i>)that I planted three years ago.<br />
This year some of the flowers in the middle are all-pink.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mo8yWzz_WLs/U304Gy7BiBI/AAAAAAAAAKU/WUgtVTDipnk/s1600/IMG_1092+lettuce,+pea,+kale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mo8yWzz_WLs/U304Gy7BiBI/AAAAAAAAAKU/WUgtVTDipnk/s1600/IMG_1092+lettuce,+pea,+kale.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lettuce, peas and kale<br />
I like to grow my veggies all mixed together.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wild columbine (<i>Aquilegia canadensis</i>) and Jacob's ladder (<i>Polemonium reptans</i>).<br />
I bought the Jacob's ladder from the <a href="http://www.sunywcc.edu/about/the-native-plant-center/" target="_blank">Native Plant Center sale at WCC </a>two years ago. <br />
Last year I scattered columbine seeds that I had collected next to the Jacob's ladder. <br />
I love the combination! </td></tr>
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(This post was shared on <a href="http://104homestead.com/vermicomposting/" target="_blank">Green Thumb Thursday</a>.)</div>
Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08291049942974087940noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655956116586481168.post-69601026403197382752014-05-18T21:53:00.001-04:002014-05-20T22:30:36.832-04:00Imagine if … the energy from footsteps could be harvested and converted into electricity.<div class="MsoNormal">
Think about all of the people racing up and down the stairs
of a busy train station, the children running around in a school gym, and the
folks dancing at a zumba class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think
about capturing all of that energy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://pavegen.com/technology" target="_blank">Pavegen</a>,
a company based in London, uses recycled materials to manufacture tiles that
can convert the kinetic energy of footprints into electricity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Earlier this year, Pavagen installed 8 of
their tiles at the Riverdale Country School, a private school in NY.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The tiles power a smartphone charging center at the school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Why stop with footsteps? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If an emergency radio can be powered by a
crank, wouldn’t it be nice if revolving doors could power the lights?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How about harvesting all of the kinetic
energy in a playground – swings, slides, ladders?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">(This post was shared on <a href="http://reducefootprints.blogspot.com/2014/05/meet-greet-mtagt-may-urban-naturale.html" target="_blank">Reduce Footprints Meet & Greet LinkUp</a>)</span></div>
Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08291049942974087940noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655956116586481168.post-47641615598582883912014-05-14T18:23:00.001-04:002014-05-29T22:21:15.383-04:00Ten Reasons Why You Should Grow Asparagus<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Asparagus growing in my garden. Each crown sends up multiple spears. </td></tr>
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1.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Deer, rabbits, woodchucks, chipmunks and squirrels leave asparagus alone! <br />
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2.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>It’s a perennial! Plant it this year and you’ll enjoy it for decades to come! Each spring it will come up whether you’ve gotten around to gardening yet or not.<br />
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3.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>It’s fun to see asparagus spears popping out of the soil – they really look like someone just stuck them in the ground.<br />
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4.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>You can start harvesting and eating homegrown asparagus early in the season, before most people plant their tomatoes outside.<br />
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5.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>An established asparagus patch can be harvested again and again over a two month period, letting you enjoy lots of asparagus for 8 – 10 weeks.<br />
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6.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>After the harvest period is over, the plants grow tall (up to five feet) and leaf out, transforming from a food item into an attractive fern-like plant.<br />
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7.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>You won’t have to worry about shopping for fresh veggies or finding a place to store them in your fridge – instead, just go out and pick some asparagus.<br />
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8.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Asparagus is very nutritious. It’s an excellent source of vitamin K, folate, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin C and vitamin E according to <a href="http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=12" target="_blank">The World's Healthiest Foods Website</a>.<br />
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9.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Growing your own asparagus is so much cheaper than buying it at the store.<br />
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10.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>It’s yummy! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Last Tuesday's harvest of asparagus. <br />
Six days later, I harvested double this amount. </td></tr>
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One of the things I LOVE about growing asparagus is that none of the animals around here eat it, so it can be incorporated into your landscaping without requiring deer fencing. My asparagus patch has coexisted with deer, rabbits, woodchucks, chipmunks and squirrels for a decade without any nibbling whatsoever. <br />
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For more information on growing asparagus, check out: <a href="http://www.almanac.com/plant/asparagus" target="_blank">The Old Farmer's Almanac.</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.559999465942383px;">(This post was shared on <a href="http://104homestead.com/7-great-gardening-gifts/" target="_blank">Green Thumb Thursdays</a>,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.559999465942383px;"> <a href="http://www.homegrownonthehill.com/2014/05/the-homeacre-hop-70.html" target="_blank">The HomeAcre Hop</a>, </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.559999465942383px;"><a href="http://urbannaturale.com/live-it-up-at-the-healthy-happy-green-natural-party-blog-hop-26/" target="_blank">Healthy, Happy, Green & Natural Party Hop</a> and <a href="http://organic4greenlivings.com/real-food-fridays-39-honor-with-real-food/" target="_blank">Real Food Fridays</a>.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.559999465942383px;">)</span><br />
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Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08291049942974087940noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655956116586481168.post-9620851585807045662014-05-11T22:39:00.000-04:002014-05-11T22:39:18.781-04:00How about a rain barrel or compost bin?<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">If you live in
Westchester, you can purchase a reduced-cost rain barrel and/or compost bin.
Just reserve them by Thursday May 15 for pick up on Sunday May 18 at
Croton Point Park. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Click<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://environment.westchestergov.com/yard-waste/compost-bins-and-rain-barrels">here</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>for more information. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Compost bins and
rain barrels offer so many benefits – from saving you money to lowering your
greenhouse gas emissions! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Composting your
kitchen and yard waste allows you to decreases the amount of waste you send to
the landfill and also decrease the fuel needed to transport your waste.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It's also is great for your
garden!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Rain barrels let
you collect the rainwater that falls on your roof and other impervious surfaces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only does collecting this rainwater help
prevent surface runoff and erosion, but it also provides you with a free source
of rain water for irrigation and other needs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Rainwater is free of added chlorine and fluoride, so it’s great to use
on your garden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two of my seven compost bins. The milk container on top was <br />repurposed as a collection bin for compost scraps in the kitchen</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I add new vegetable scraps on top, and then cover them<br />with shredded leaves (kept in the second compost bin).</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">I’ve had a
compost bin or pile in just about every place I’ve lived. I’ve been
curious about rain barrels for a while, but I've never had one. What
about you?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08291049942974087940noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655956116586481168.post-53483995536699317942014-05-07T22:11:00.000-04:002014-05-30T17:25:48.895-04:00Imagine if … roads, parking lots and driveways were embedded with solar energy collectors.<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://www.solarroadways.com/intro.shtml" target="_blank">SolarRoadways</a>, a husband-and-wife team, is making solar tiles that can do just that. The tiles are strong enough to be driven over, and they collect energy from the sun. SolarRoadways has already built a prototype driveway and are now in the midst of an <a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/solar-roadways" target="_blank">indiegogo crowdsourcing campaign</a> to raise money to build a manufacturing plant. </div>
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Think about the enormous surface area of asphalt exposed to the sun - all of the miles and miles of roads, parking lots, and driveways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Imagine if the sunlight reaching those roads could be collected and converted into electricity to make communities less dependent on fossil fuels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Solar tiles in roads allow energy to be produced close to where it will be used, which is much more efficient than transporting energy over long distances. </span>Decentralizing our energy sources also makes us much more resilient- for example, severe weather would be less likely to lead to widespread power outages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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One more perk of using solar tiles is that the solar energy captured could be used to melt snow and ice on highways and driveways during winter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The benefits would be huge:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>energy and resource savings (no need to buy and transport salt!), increased safety and no more salt contamination of the surrounding environment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Thoughts?</span><br />
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</span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.559999465942383px;">(This post was shared on </span><a href="http://reducefootprints.blogspot.com/2014/05/meet-greet-mtagt-may-urban-naturale.html" style="background-color: white; color: #23a328; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.559999465942383px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Reduce Footprints Meet & Greet LinkUp</a> and </span><a href="http://urbannaturale.com/live-it-up-at-the-healthy-happy-green-natural-party-blog-hop-27/" target="_blank">Healthy, Happy, Green & Natural Party Hop</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.559999465942383px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.559999465942383px;">)</span></div>
Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08291049942974087940noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655956116586481168.post-64098672978351815312014-05-05T22:51:00.000-04:002014-06-19T08:04:42.284-04:00Weeds – if you can’t beat them, eat them! Local foraging for dandelion greens and garlic mustard.I’ve been hearing a lot lately about the nutritional value of eating weeds such as garlic mustard, dandelions and other weeds that are abundant. They are supposedly ultra-healthy and packed with lots of nutrients. Having no shortage of dandelions on my property, I decided to give it a go. <br />
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When weeding becomes foraging, there is a complete change in perspective. No longer are weeds nuisances; instead they become prizes to be collected. I find this mindset refreshing!</div>
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We ate the dandelion greens in a salad and also in sandwiches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The verdict:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>not as bitter as we were expecting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> They made a nice addition to the salad, but we liked having them mixed with milder greens. In a sandwich, they were fine on their own as the sole greens. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Weed greens are usually more bitter/strong flavored than your average salad green. Many greens such as lettuce are mild in the early spring and become more bitter as weather warms up and the plants bolt. I suspect this may also be the case with dandelion leave - that the spring leaves will be milder than those harvested in summer. If anyone can attest to this, please let me know. </span><br />
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Eating locally grown foods is available to many people who might have thought otherwise. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you have some weeds growing near you, they very well may be edible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p>A great resource for finding out more about foraging for and preparing edible weeds such as dandelion leaves is <a href="http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Plants.Folder/Dandelion.html" target="_blank">Wildman Steve Brill's website</a>.</div>
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Another abundant weed to try is Garlic Mustard (<i>Alliaria officinalis</i>). Garlic Mustard, originally from Europe, can be invasive here in the northeast US. It is a biennial- meaning it lives for two years. The first year it grows as a basal rosette. After overwintering, it sends up a tall shoot and flowers the second year. Often year-one plants and year-two plants will be found next to each other. <br />
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One popular way to eat garlic mustard is as pesto. Google "garlic mustard pesto" and you'll pull up pages of recipes. Most involve substituting garlic mustard greens for basil leaves in a basic basil pesto recipe. Some recipes also use walnuts in place of the traditional pine nuts, and some omit the garlic or use some garlic mustard taproot in place of garlic. Here is one example to try:<br />
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<a href="http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/05/03/cheap-sustainable-delicious-garlic-mustard-pesto" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Garlic Mustard Pesto</b></a><br />
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4 cups garlic mustard greens<br />
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Have you ever foraged for weeds? Let me know if you have a favorite way to eat them. <br />
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(This post was shared on <a href="http://back2basichealth.blogspot.com/2014/05/tuesdays-with-twist-59-is-live-no-rules.html" target="_blank">Tuesdays with a Twist</a> and <a href="http://urbannaturale.com/live-it-up-at-the-healthy-happy-green-natural-party-blog-hop-30/" target="_blank">Healthy, Happy, Green & Natural Party Hop</a>.)</div>
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Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08291049942974087940noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655956116586481168.post-29148354358363057302014-04-30T22:16:00.000-04:002014-05-05T22:52:15.227-04:00Bringing nature to you and you to nature, two events: <div class="MsoNormal">
The Katonah Village Library is hosting a series of <a href="http://www.katonahlibrary.org/about/adultprograms/">Wednesday lunchtime
garden workshops</a> (May 7, 14, and 21) leading up to the grand opening of Frances’s Native Demonstration Garden (in front of the library) on May 24<sup>th</sup>
at 11 AM. </div>
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A library entrance is such a great place to have a native plants demonstration garden!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love the idea of
bringing the garden to the people, right where they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The location makes it unavoidable for anyone entering
the library or strolling through Katonah, and it lets people see which native plants thrive right
there in Katonah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hopefully Frances’s Native Garden will
encourage lots of people to experiment at home with native plants,
which generally require less water, fuss and energy to grow than lawns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Is there a location in your community that would be
perfect for a native plants demonstration garden?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(or would you choose to highlight another
aspect of sustainability:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alternative
energy?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Composting? Something else?) <o:p></o:p></div>
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2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://30x30.davidsuzuki.org/">Canada’s 30x30 Nature Challenge</a> is about to begin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This group is encouraging people
all over the world to seek out nature each day and spend at least 30 minutes in nature for the next 30 days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m
game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are you?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l480cZA9HB4/U2GrmYGWywI/AAAAAAAAAE4/r9jwzhx-HXc/s1600/IMG_0485+-+Version+2Dutchman's+breeches.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l480cZA9HB4/U2GrmYGWywI/AAAAAAAAAE4/r9jwzhx-HXc/s1600/IMG_0485+-+Version+2Dutchman's+breeches.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dutchman's Breeches (<i>Dicentra cucullaria)</i> <br />
spotted while walking my dog the other day.</td></tr>
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