Oldest son- ‘Mom, we’re out of fruit.’ Mom- ‘Not sure when I can get to the store.’ Serendipitous moment-Walking outside with dog and noticing that the berries you hadn’t checked on in a few days are ripe and...
Read moreFor all of us tied to cars and big houses…observations from my husband who is in Denmark at the moment, about how the Danes live pleasantly with a significantly reduced carbon footprint: ‘Garden plots. Since so many people live in...
Read moreWow. http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/01/when-trees-die-people-die/267322/
Read moreCheck out this article in The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/06/healthy-soil-microbes-healthy-people/276710/
Read moreReminds me of the anti-litter commercials in the 70’s. Remember the Native American standing by a highway full of trash, tear running down his face? Thought we were getting better?
Read moreThe first time I heard of the Barnes Foundation it was still in Merion, PA. My mom had returned home from visiting the museum with friends, and I asked to go back with her, but wasn’t allowed because I was too young. At that time, I think...
Read moreBelow are comments I shared at a press conference held today in a garden we designed and installed in Garrett Park to announce the launch of Montgomery County’s Green Landscaper Program: About a year and a half ago, I looked at Backyard...
Read moreThanks to a client who shared yet another study indicating that ‘harmless’ Round-up really isn’t: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/study-links-roundup-to-obesity-cancer-and-more.html
Read moreBackyard Bounty is excited to be piloting a new Green Landscaper initiative sponsored by Montgomery County. If you are free on Monday, swing by to look at one of our gardens in Garrett Park where county executive Isiah Leggett will be holding a...
Read moreThinking about the bombings in Boston and fertilizer plant explosions as I drove between projects in Bethesda and Garrett Park, the play list was all Bruce Springsteen. Easy to feel like the speaker in ‘Reason to Believe’ sometimes...
Read moreWe’ll be picking them in May- peeling first the outer shell, then the white membrane around each individual bean. Worth it? Yes. Parboil the bean with membrane for a few seconds and it will pop off. Saute the fresh favas in olive oil with...
Read moreSo far, the only 2 in the whole patch…At a client’s last week where they were all coming up, some over 2′ high, in a bed that is less than a year old. Fingers crossed, the rest aren’t gone.
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