Sustainability

We’re all familiar with the term “pollinators.” We know that pollinators of all types help plants reproduce by moving pollen from the male parts of the flower to the female parts, thereby completing the first step in the process that produces seeds and fruits. We also know that bees, especially, are important members of this […]

We touched on composting a few issues back in the article on “Living a Low-Waste Lifestyle.” (If you missed that article, you can find it here.) I’m going to go into composting in more detail here. I’m even hoping to learn as much as I can from writing this article, since I want to make

It might seem an odd choice to talk about burials when Spring, with its promise of new life and abundance, is just around the corner. But death is a part of the cycle of life in Nature. Fallen trees form both food and habitat for other organisms in the forest. Even in our gardens, nutrient-rich

I’ve mentioned in prior issues that I plan to begin shifting our grass-filled yard to native plantings over the next few years. Already, plans are on my mental drawing board, though I don’t know exactly which plants I’ll choose for those first two sites, yet. But perhaps we should review what, exactly, “going native” in