Happy Earth Day!
Grow your own food and shorten your food chain!
Just imagine how much plastic, packaging, transportation and energy we are saving by growing more of our own food and supporting local farms.
Go gardening!
Just imagine how much plastic, packaging, transportation and energy we are saving by growing more of our own food and supporting local farms.
Go gardening!
Top 10 Ways to be Good to Mother Earth:
1. Grow Food
Growing your own food saves a huge amount of resources!
And heck, it just tastes better when it's fresh.
2. Compost
And heck, it just tastes better when it's fresh.
2. Compost
Compost is nature's free fertilizer and it promotes good soil health. Composting is also nature's ultimate recycler, turning food scraps and garden waste into gardener's gold. Adding compost to your garden will also help conserve moisture and your plants will thrive!
3. Grow from Seeds
Starting your own fruits and vegetables from seed saves on packaging, pots and energy used for transportation. View our full online seed catalog »
3. Grow from Seeds
Starting your own fruits and vegetables from seed saves on packaging, pots and energy used for transportation. View our full online seed catalog »
4. Plant Native Plants
To support beneficial insects and pollinators for your vegetables.
To support beneficial insects and pollinators for your vegetables.
5. Grow Organically
Always avoid using any chemical fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides.
It is proven that in the long run, these will do more damage than good.
6. Mulch your Garden
Mulch improves soil health, conserves water, and reduces the need for chemicals. Use organic materials from your yard, such as (untreated) grass clippings of leaf mulch.
Always avoid using any chemical fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides.
It is proven that in the long run, these will do more damage than good.
6. Mulch your Garden
Mulch improves soil health, conserves water, and reduces the need for chemicals. Use organic materials from your yard, such as (untreated) grass clippings of leaf mulch.
7. Drive & Travel Less
Ride your bike or walk to the store or to work if possible.
Fly less. Enjoy your home and garden!
8. Buy Less
Use washable cloth napkins and dishtowels instead of paper products. Buy from local shops, garden nurseries, and small companies directly. Overall, buy less stuff, stop ordering unneeded items from Amazon just because the shipping is free. Shipping comes with a high energy footprint for transportation (often items from Amazon come from China) and it involves a lot of packaging.
9. Fix, Repair & Reuse when Possible
Reduce waste and extend the life of clothing and household appliances or furniture by repairing or reupholstering them rather than throwing them away. Sew up rips in clothes, and, if clothing is beyond repair, use for rags or turn them into new functional items like tote bags.
10. Join a CSA and/or a Community Garden!
It's hard to grow ALL your own food, so join a CSA or visit a local farm or market to get seasonal, local food and produce that is packed with more nutrition as it's fresh! Community gardens are great to be part of, gardeners always share their abundance and it's fun to share and exchange extra seeds, seedlings, veggies and produce with fellow gardeners in your neighborhood.
Always try to shop local and support your local businesses and farmers.
