Exploring ways to live green, local, slow and in touch with nature.
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Are you seeking ways to make your lifestyle greener? more local? simpler? more community oriented? There are so many "sustainability" trends today, from locavorism to collaborative consumption to "localist" economics to eco-consciousness and the triple bottom line. Yet it can …
Sustainable Spices: Harvesting Culinary Herbs from the Garden
If your idea of living sustainably involves becoming more self-reliant, growing and harvesting your own food may be part of the plan. While most garden crops (lettuce, broccoli, tomatoes) have their own short seasons, …
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Growing food…and sharing it
Spring garden in the Delaware River Valley Are your flowers getting crowded out by zucchini, lettuce and heirloom tomatoes? If you're growing more of what you eat these days -- whether to save money, …
Don’t Miss the Annual Herb Society Sale at Holcombe-Jimison, Saturday, May 18
Each May, the Delaware Valley Unit of the Herb Society of America holds its annual herb sale at the Holcombe-Jimison Farmstead Museum, on Route 29 in Lambertville, NJ. Whether you're just starting an herb garden …
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Local Herb Sale at Holcombe-Jimison Farm, May 19-20
The Herb Plant Sale is an excellent local source of herbs.
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Donate or Dine: Two Ways to Support Stockton School’s Pasta Dinner & Art Auction, May 6th
Stockton Inn in the sun...(Feb 10th 4:16PM) (Photo credit: road_less_trvled) The 10th annual 'Spaghetti & Art' benefit for the Stockton Borough School (Stockton, NJ) will take place Sunday, May 6, from 5 p.m. to 8 …
Earth Day 2014 Resolutions
Another Earth Day has come and gone, begging the question: What will we do differently in the coming year to live more harmoniously with Mother Earth? Like New Year's, Earth Day inspires many of us …
Delaware Valley Celebrates This Year’s Earth Day
Environmentalism Buttons (Photo credit: Ryan Somma) It's been 42 years since the first Earth Day, April 22, 1970. Organized by then U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, Earth Day inspired some 20 million Americans …
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Philabundance offers opportunity to share your harvest with neighbors in need
It may seem a bit early to think about harvesting your garden's bounty. But if you'd like to share some of that harvest with people in need, consider participating in the Philabundance Share the Harvest …
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Starting the spring garden organically
Think of your efforts to grow organically as not perfect but pefectible.
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