“I am not a lover of lawns. Rather would I see daisies in their thousands, ground ivy, hawkweed, and even the hated plantain with tall stems, and dandelions with splendid flowers and fairy down, than the too-well-tended lawn.” W.H. Hudson, The Book of a Naturalist, 1919.
I am a lover of lawns, in moderation. There’s nothing [...]

I thought I’d share an article from Bottomline Reports that gathered my ideas some 10 years ago about “10 Simple, Practical Ways to Green Your Home.”
Everybody knows that there are changes we can make at home to help protect the earth, but many of them seem complicated or daunting. Busy people don’t have [...]

I came across a terrific new book the other day, at a lovely new bookshop called the Stocbridge Bookseller, which has a considerable selection of green titles. The book is called Green Remodeling, Chaging the World One Room at a Time. It’s written by a Boulder-based professional green builder David Johnston. This means it’s geared [...]