Fruitful Labor: The Ecology, Economy and Practice of a Family Farm Written by Mike Madison Published by Chelsea Green Publishing, 2018 Reviewed by Rhiannon Lewis Mike Madison is a farmer,…
The Garden in Every Sense and Season
by Tovah Martin Taken from The Garden in Every Sense and Season© Copyright 2018 by Tovah Martin, photographs by Kindra Clineff. Published by Timber Press, Portland, OR. Used by permission of…
Growing in the Off-Season – Native Perennials from Seed
by Ellen Sousa Must be easy to spread yourself around when you’re a plant that produces lots of seeds, right? After all, look at what happens when kids blow the seeds off…
Spending Time in Nature – The Benefits are Real
by Donald A. Rakow Belief in the benefits to humans of spending time in nature has precedents that stretch back thousands of years. In his On the Parts of Animals,…
Lessons Learned from the First Year of a School Garden
by Missy Fabel A lot can happen in a year, especially in High School. In the spring of 2017, a dozen students, a couple of faculty members and a handful…
Moving the Ball Forward: Making Green the Standard
by CJ Lammers In 1999, I started experiencing what Western medicine could only define as “frozen shoulder.” I couldn’t raise my arms above my head or dress myself. It was…
sus-tain-a-bil-i-ty – Discovering the True Definition, Defining the New Paradigm
by Trevor L. Smith, MCH, AOLCP, LEED GA sus tain’ a-bil‘-i-ty (noun) Avoidance of depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance. The Problem The most dangerous…
Wait! Do you really want to plant that there?
by Bruce Patterson The wise advice gardeners often hear is to “plant in the habitat type where the plants are naturally found. Be sure to select plants that prefer the…
A Walk in the Garden
Text by Dan Jaffe Photos by Penny Lewis Before the hot weather took hold in New England, ELA took a late spring walk through Garden the Woods in Framingham, MA…
Breaking up a Boxy Backyard
Excerpted from The Less is More Garden® Copyright 2018 by Susan Morrison. Published by Timber Press, Portland, OR. Used by the permission of the publisher. All rights reserved. by Susan…
Shinrin Yoku – The Art of Japanese Forest Bathing
Written by Yoshifumi Miyazaki Published in the U.S by Timber Press, 2018 Reviewed Yoshifumi Miyazaki connected with nature in his family’s garden at a young age and…
Eco-Answers from the Pros: Alternatives to Grass on a Hillside
I am on the board at a 64 unit condo community in St. Paul, MN. We have a huge hillside with regular grass, which means weekly mowing. The hillside is…