Compost Squash

Here is our compost pile. Beware what you throw in your compost. We now have a gaggle of butternut squash growing. We have a second compost that we are building up this winter and will transfer here in the spring, so we are letting this grow. I want to see if they will bare fruit.

Fall Garden

This is my fall garden. This is our first attempt at growing any winter veggies. We live in Florida, so its not really all that cold yet, 86' today. We typically get three growing seasons because of our long summers. We can plant earlier and continue planting longer.

This garden bed is something I threw together as an experiment. We found a guy who was cutting down around 70 trees from his property. We salvaged some of the larger discs he'd cut and used them to make a bed. We added potting soil and lots of our own compost.

Planted: Acorn squash, butternut squash, broccoli, red leaf lettuce, strawberries, basil, beets, and carrots. Off to the side, in pots, I have: tomatoes, chives, spinach, and lavender.

Our pumpkins

These are the pumpkins that made it to our house this year!

What we are using

This product is from Method (image from drugstore.com). This is the eco friendly daily shower cleaner we are using. It smells like ylang ylang and cuts down on soap scum.

Been a while

I've been trying to figure out what to do with this blog. Is it just about living green? Should I start a new blog about gardening? Can I keep up with this? Well, i've decided to make it a truly green blog..that means gardening also. So, I will discuss living a green life and gardening. Same format...more varied content. So..more to come.

Household odds and ends.

An easy way to go green, learn a simple single crochet stitch and make your dish rags out of organic cotton yarn! Takes a little practice but you will find within a few days you can have color coordinated, enviro-friendly dish cloths that cost less than buying them. AND you can brag to all your friends about how hippie-savy you are. Creating instead of paying...how very green of you!

Here is my fav Utube video for crocheting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqhaQQajt0U

A while

Ok, its been a while since I've posted but sometimes summer happens. My newest tip for you pet owners...add a little distilled white vinegar to your pets drinking water, this will help to deter fleas. Also, when you bath your pets, add the juice of half a lemon to their coat during the rinse cycle. Fleas dislike this.