To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul. .. Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are.
- Alfred Austin, 1835-1913
I have always been in love with the idea of a huge vegetable garden and all the tomatoes and beans and peppers […]

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“A weed is but an unloved flower.”
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

I have always loved dandelions. A lawn that is yellow and fuzzy with their blooms is almost magical. When I was little, I believed that if you ever were to find a unicorn, it would almost certainly be in a field of dandelions.
I’m not sure […]

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Keeping a Nature Journal will help inspire you to deepen your relationship with the Earth, and to develop a greater awareness and caring for the Earth.
- sierraclub.org

Catkins on the clump birch.

Lady’s Mantle growing beneath the cedar.

Magnolia flower.

Wild violets.

Additional Resources:
Keeping a Nature Journal: Discover a Whole New Way of Seeing the World Around You by […]

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According to The Union of Concerned Scientists,
… the average lawn mower emits as much smog-forming pollution in one hour as eight new cars traveling at 55 miles per hour.
- Union of Concerned Scientists
Knowing this is what prompted us, two summers ago, to buy a reel mower. The one I chose was the Lee Valley […]

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In an effort to overcome some of our Nature Deficit Disorder, my oldest son and I have begun keeping Nature Journals. We’ve been using Keeping a Nature Journal: Discover a Whole New Way of Seeing the World Around You by Clare Walker Leslie and Charles E. Roth and I highly recommend it. I […]

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