last photos taken

well i think we have all the entries photograhed and there are some beautiful shots. Its amazing how diverse the gardens and yards are in one town. Large and small, wooded or bordering the sound, or housatonic river.there are found objects mixed in as still life with plants, amazing stonework done painstakingly over years..... Nature calls and we respond in our unique ways. Humor beauty sustenance for the soul and stomache!



not by nuking our yards with chemicals but by partnering the natural world with the best of our inner natures....

compost for thought

Photographing the freedom lawn contestants gardens/yards is always interesting and gives me lots of ideas. one of the most suprising insights from last years contest is that a compost pile doesnt need to be hidden away . We are used to thinking of the piles as unsightly, but they can be beautiful. The compost piles help us remember that gardening is not a dead end to grow pretty flowers or food, but part of a continuous cycle. The magazine pictures of perfectly manicured gardens with nary a pruner or rake in sight don't tell the real story. For me now , the compost pile , the garden supports made from string and branches, the reuse and recyling of pots and containers, the rain barrels...all the signs that the gardener is conscious of his or her place in the greater schema of nature are becoming what i treasure and admire the most

Make Pyrethrum Garden Spray - wikiHow

Make Pyrethrum Garden Spray - wikiHow

Zen center marin county CA
Spring fields

opening the shed door

Take a break from spring clean up to look at this blog,  basically a city girl,  this young woman is now farming in MA.  Involved in working the CSA , shearing lambs, sugaring and cultivating..

For those of us who garden in our backyards and marvel at the color of the soil, thrilling to the site of a red wriggler in the compost heap, this blog gives us a vicarious thrill. We are all, gardeners and farmers alike, interacting with the environment in the most basic of ways and feel blessed in the process! what a beautiful planet.... ahhh spring!

The blog is called the perfecta, named for the type of tractor used on the farm. The photos are gorgeous.

spring is rolling in and another opportunity is here to  promote environmentally sound

policies in our own backyards.  There are myriad articles about sustainable yardcare, or freedom lawns.  Here is a good one with a comment area for you to add to ,from the NYTimesGreenHomes

freedom lawns 08

the slideshow on the site shows milford freedom lawns from the recent contest.

with so many problems in the world its easy to be overwhelmed. Here is a simple way to support the planet. Pledge that this spring you will not dump any toxic products on your garden or lawn.

Look at the slideshow and see if you could accept these kinds of results.

Then dont forget to take some photos to send us!