New Gardenerd Hand Care Kit — How it came to be

Continue ReadingNew Gardenerd Hand Care Kit — How it came to be

I'm a self-proclaimed soap whore.  Let me clarify...I love bar soap.  None of that anti-bacterial frothing pump stuff for me thank you very much.  I need a bar I can roll around in my hands, something that cuts through the layers of green tomato plant juice in the summer.  Something that scrubs away the dirt under my nails, but leaves me feeling like I've just done something decadent for myself.

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Ecology Action Farm

Continue ReadingEcology Action Farm

It's been busy here, launching the new website and 2 new products for the holiday season, so blogging has taken a back seat until now.  These blog entries are really my favorite things to do (besides harvesting succulent veggies while laughing in the face of commercial agriculture), and writing them gives me an excuse to venture out to new territory.

So we continue with the Grow BioIntensive workshop that I attended in the ...

Grow BioIntensive Workshop

Continue ReadingGrow BioIntensive Workshop

At the beginning of November I attended the 3-day Grow BioIntensive workshop in Willits, CA.  It blew my mind.  In fact, it took my brain out of my
head, turned it inside out and put it back in.  What is Grow BioIntensive, you ask?  Well, let me attempt to explain it in less than three days:



Grow BioIntensive is a method of gardening/farming that combines French Intensive, which uses
hexagonal plant spacing"2">as well as double-digging ...

A Visit to the Solar Living Institute

Continue ReadingA Visit to the Solar Living Institute

Back in my early college years, all I wanted to do was make bread and swing in a hammock all day.  I dove head-first into environmental issues and chose
recycling as my personal passion.  Along with the strong desire to sort trash came an awareness of solar power and all its benefits.  It was then that I discovered Real Goods.



Real Goods had not yet been bought by Gaiam.com when ...

Woolly Pocket School Garden Project on Dwell Magazine Website

Continue ReadingWoolly Pocket School Garden Project on Dwell Magazine Website

I just got word today that we've been mentioned in an online article for Dwell Magazine. 

Miguel Nelson brought me in as the garden expert for the project and we partnered with School Nutrition Plus to create the Woolly Pocket School Garden Program back in early Summer 2009.  So far, we've installed 5 school gardens and we're about to venture into Arizona to reach other schools. 

Here's a chance to see what goes on in Miguel's head when he invents these great ideas for our participating schools:

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