Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Garden Junkies of the World, Unite!

At the Earth Day Festival on Saturday, one of the booths focused on a local family who are trying to be as self-reliant and eco-friendly as possible. They've installed solar panels, eliminated all possible electrical appliances (except the fridge and TV), and—most appealing of all to me—they produce thousands of pounds of produce a year on their scant one-fifth acre of land. While their bike-powered blender is a little more eco than I'm prepared to go, I am curious to learn more about their gardening techniques.

For future reference, of course . . .

4 comments:

Caitlin said...

I loved the family's site. Pretty amazing. That's a lot of produce on a small amount of land and it inspires me to do more. I thank you for sharing the "soap under your nails" trick. It has saved me a lot of scrubbing.

Kimberly Bluestocking said...

Glad the soap trick worked for you. I tried it once and it drove me nuts. I'd rather scrub. :)

Jodi Jean said...

hehe ... start peddling! yeah i'd love to try to be more green ... but i'm thinking baby steps!!

Kimberly Bluestocking said...

Amen, Jodi. My feeling is that I can't singlehandedly save the world, but very little bit helps so I do what I can manage.