Nashville, TN Residents: Nashville Sustainability Needs Your Help TODAY!

Nashville needs your help TODAY! The Metro Council hearing on the Proposal for Backyard Poultry Bill is TODAY. Backyard poultry is a big part of self-reliant food production and urban sustainability. This very important to residents and their families!! Please send a short email note to the Metro Council representative in your district AND to all Council [...]

HERBS: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE by Philip Edinger

HERBS: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE is a contemporary herbal.  It will show you how to grow and use herbs, contains A to Z listings, and even includes garden plans. It’s no wonder that herbs have never lost their popularity. For thousands of years, their beauty, fragrance, and flavor have given humankind much pleasure. Moreover, herbs were [...]

Rain Gardens Help Reduce Pollution and Protect Precious Drinking Water

Rain gardens are gaining in popularity as a sustainable way to beautifully landscape property while helping to reduce water pollution.

Grow Your Natural Living Skills! Saturday Oct 8, Nashville, TN

AN AFTERNOON OF FIVE DIVERSE MINI PLANT CLASSES, CLOTHING AND BOOKSWAP! This event is sponsored by Cindy Moonrose of Eatable Weed Walks and Plant Classes.  Cindy is very knowledgable and a talented instructor.  I have personally attended several of her classes, and have always come home with a wealth of new knowledge! (And sometimes even samples!) [...]

Control Your Food Bill: Eat Better Food, Save Money, and Protect Yourself

FOOD. It’s the most the most important thing to all of us. Do you realize how much you can save on your food bill each year? According to The Food4Wealth Program, the average family spends around $5000 per year on fresh food. That is a huge amount of money considering the average family earns less [...]

Wheatgrass: Potent Superfood, Detoxifier

Wheatgrass: Potent Superfood, Detoxifier. Why add wheatgrass to your diet? It is one of earth’s super foods – let me tell you a little bit about wheatgrass…

My Eco-Organic Garden Update: The Eggplants Have Arrived!

Thank you for following my eco-organic garden project!!  When checking the garden this morning, I was surprised to find some eggplants, almost 3″ long… buried down in the jungle of plants.  I didn’t see them yesterday–I’m not sure if they weren’t there yet, or if I just overlooked them because of the abundance of plants [...]

My Eco-Organic Garden Update: The “Eco” Part is Starting to Work!

Thank you for following my eco-organic garden project!  Today was an exciting day for the project!  When I went out to check on it this morning, it DIDN’T NEED TO BE WATERED!  The “Eco” part of the project is starting to take effect!  To the right is a photo of down inside the plants.  It’s [...]

My Eco-Organic Garden Update: The Plants are Thriving!!

Thanks for following the progress of my eco-organic garden! This photo of the eco-organic garden project was taken yesterday.  As you can see, the plants are thriving!  I’ve already harvested some zucchini, yellow squash, scallions, and cayenne peppers.  There are a bunch of cherry tomatoes that look like they’ll be ripe in a week or [...]

My Eco-Organic Garden: Adding the Layers of Organic Material

Thanks for following the progress of my eco-organic garden!  The Eco-Organic method of growing your own food is a great way to cut the high cost of fresh produce while ensuring that your family is eating the purest,  healthiest produce available.  Today I’m going to show you how we added the layers of organic material.  If you haven’t yet, you [...]

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