Treading Lightly is a blog series on ways to lighten our carbon footprint. You know that cliche about Mondays? Yeah. Well, it’s sort of like that for me today, so I decided to do a Treading Lightly post to get me back on track about what really matters. Cheese! And,…
Here’s the latest from the dome! Calendula is a constant sunny presence in the dome. It attracts aphids, unfortunately, but I guess that keeps them off the roses. The ladybugs I released last fall have been reproducing! I see their larvae a lot, mostly hanging around the calendula. I tried…
Hello, all! I’ve decided to post my dome updates here, so I can just share the link around to various places. The Dome is a 22′ diameter greenhouse that was built from a kit in October 2020. Various technical issues kept me from planting anything until around February/March 2021. Meanwhile…
Less than a year ago, I began planting things in my new dome greenhouse. Today I brought in this beautiful harvest, because we’re forecast for some very low temperatures this weekend. I have a little heater in there, but I felt it was time to bring in the ripest tomatoes.…
Treading Lightly is a blog series on ways to lighten our carbon footprint. I have a confession to make – I am a hoarder of old calendar pages. I love the photos and artwork, and some of it I just can’t bear to throw in the recycle bin. So I…
On Memorial Day of 2020, as the pandemic was really getting going and many were sheltering in isolation, a new tradition was initiated: Taps Across America. Assisted by publicity from Steve Hartman of CBS’s On the Road, the movement inspired thousands of Americans to pause at 3:00 p.m. local time…
Our capitalist culture wants us to throw away any garment that is slightly damaged. Socks aren’t expensive – why not buy a new pair? But there are costs to that practice that have nothing to do with our bank accounts. Costs to the planet, in the form of trash in…
So I went to my filing cabinet to put away some papers, and to make room for them I pulled out an old file of records from 1993. Before disposing of it, I started to leaf through it. It turned out to be a delightful time capsule! 1993 was the…
In recent years, there have been numerous stories about lettuce being contaminated by (ahem) unhealthy watering practices. “Throw away your Romaine!” has been in the news over and over. I don’t like being frightened of produce. Before Romaine, it was spinach. Again and again, spinach contaminated. It actually gave me…
Last weekend I attended my high school class’s 40th reunion. Among the activities was a photo scavenger hunt, where the objective was to post photos taken at various places around town. This was rather memorable for me as I ended up visiting my first home, my first elementary school (now…
