Gardening

Permaculture - A Design Course on Sustainable Living on MV in Sept.

DickPierce — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:52:49 +0000

Publicity/sound bytes abound these days on: Green living, local food, concerns over climate, water and soil, using more local/renewable resources, alternate transportation, and Green/natural building. Designing/remodeling homes, landscapes and whole communities for lower resource use, more recycling and reuse, less oil-based transportation, and more local businesses, employment, products, and food production are becoming more important to the economy, the environment, and human welfare. Sustainable Strategy efforts are springing up for cities/towns, schools, colleges, open spaces, farms, and neighborhoods.

Spring is Here

editor — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:36:00 +0000

The first breakfast outside, today, led to another kind of spring "break fast." New life and attractions drew the camera out, and here are a few of the welcome harbingers, in full color.

Native Earth Teaching Farm

editor — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:11:50 +0000

Native Earth Teaching Farm is a wonder not just for its animals and its vision of farming. That alone would be a rich resource for islanders and seasonal residents and visitors.

Food For Well-Being with Elizabeth Germain

editor — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:32:03 +0000

Elizabeth Germain has been offering classes on the preparation of fresh local foods for many years.

Plants and Flowers in our Garden

patrick phillips — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 16:59:15 +0000

This is a rather disorganized tour of our garden in the peak of summer.

vegetables

patrick phillips — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 16:56:56 +0000

These are taken at the height of summer -- in a garden that Lynn Weber (the edenist herself) said "This may be my most bountiful garden ever!"