Archives

Here is all 364 of my posts:

September 2010 (1)
- 02: Cover Crops – a short guide (1)
August 2010 (9)
- 31: Are You Willing to Make Your Own Grass Greener? (3)
- 26: Why You Want to Add a Birdfeeder to Your Garden (7)
- 24: 5 Tips to Designing a Successful Rain Garden (6)
- 19: Nature Mom Brings Out the Best (9)
- 17: Gardening Patience Brings Rewards (4)
- 13: How to Plant a Back to School Garden (7)
- 10: Why You Need a Neighbor Who Grows Potatoes (12)
- 06: How to Grow Beautiful Roses Organically (8)
- 03: 15 Beautiful Roses (1)
July 2010 (9)
- 30: What’s In Organic Fertilizers? (1)
- 27: Top Eleven Reasons To Buy A Cordless Electric Lawn Mower Like Mine (15)
- 22: What Your Sun Hat Says About You (15)
- 20: The Secret to Keeping Your Cool in the Summer Garden (1)
- 15: What Do You Want? (8)
- 13: Natural Synergy for the Gardener (4)
- 08: Nine Reasons to Nature Garden (7)
- 06: What Can You Find in a Nature Garden? (3)
- 01: Composting Resources (2)
June 2010 (10)
- 29: Basic Composting for Busy People (7)
- 27: Wild Boys (0)
- 24: S-mores and Sleeping Bags Beat Hawaii (10)
- 22: Six Paths to Finding Happiness in a Garden (12)
- 17: The One Veggie Gardening Book You Must Buy This Year (10)
- 15: Raised Bed Roof Gardening (7)
- 10: Natural Flea Control for Gardeners (5)
- 08: A Gift from the Rabbits (11)
- 04: 5 Spray-Free Ways to Control Weeds (2)
- 01: First Garden With Kids (5)
May 2010 (8)
- 28: How to Stop Rabbits Eating Plants (10)
- 25: Cute Bunny Alert! (11)
- 21: How to Raise Chickens (2)
- 18: Gardening with Chickens (19)
- 15: Gardening Magazines (9)
- 11: Fantastic Tall Trees (3)
- 07: Gardening with Prairie Plants (1)
- 04: Back Yard Makeover – the plan (5)
April 2010 (9)
- 29: 12 Ways to Get Your Greens (6)
- 27: How Green is Your Garden? (11)
- 22: Celebrate Earth Day in Your Garden (4)
- 20: Rabbit, Hummingbird, and Squirrel (9)
- 16: Building a Rain Garden, Preparation (1)
- 13: Benjamin Rabbit Defends (6)
- 08: Nature Hates Bare Soil (5)
- 06: Back Yard Make Over – Step 1 (5)
- 01: Kansas City Gardening for Africa (4)
March 2010 (13)
- 30: Extreme Back Yard Makeover (6)
- 27: Small Fry Outdoors by Caroline Webster (4)
- 26: Raise Your Glass to Real People (4)
- 24: Duck, Duck, Gone… (2)
- 23: All About Bird Nesting (8)
- 18: Everything You Need to Grow Potatoes (4)
- 16: The Wonder Potato (3)
- 12: Beans, Beets, Butterflies, Bees, and Birds (6)
- 10: When to Plant Vegetable Seeds (10)
- 09: Garden Giving (2)
- 08: Kansas Signs of Spring (3)
- 04: Hello Skunk! (6)
- 02: Self Watering Containers (5)
February 2010 (9)
- 26: Garden Friends in February (4)
- 23: I’m a gardener because… (14)
- 20: Rain Gardening in the South (0)
- 18: Native Evergreen Trees for Kansas and Beyond (2)
- 17: Who’s Yard is it Anyway? (5)
- 11: Why Do You Garden? (14)
- 08: Mama, I’d Like to Learn About Birds (8)
- 05: Growing Great Vegetables in the Heartland (1)
- 02: Step by Step Gardening Club (9)
January 2010 (14)
- 29: 10 Ways to Feel Better in Winter (4)
- 27: Companion Planting Doesn’t Work! (9)
- 26: Voles Like to Play Outdoors (5)
- 22: 3/50 Supporting Local Business (5)
- 21: Honest Scrap (16)
- 20: Vegetable Gardening Help (3)
- 18: Take the Trash Out (9)
- 15: A Midwest Gardener’s Cookbook (0)
- 13: Spring Vegetables for Beginners (5)
- 10: Treat the Earth Well (0)
- 08: A Guide to Happy Family Gardening (10)
- 06: How to Make a Winter Bird List (6)
- 04: Nature Is To Be Respected (3)
- 01: 2009 Best of Loving Nature’s Garden (3)
December 2009 (22)
- 31: Green Gardener’s Guide (6)
- 30: Winners of 3 Days of Green Giveaways (7)
- 29: Win The Green Gardener’s Guide (3)
- 29: Win Orangutan Story DVD (6)
- 28: Win A Solio Solar Charger (12)
- 28: 3 Days of Green Give Aways (2)
- 26: It’s Better Not (0)
- 24: 12 Christmas Wishes (2)
- 22: We Need Trees (6)
- 18: To Live in this Place (0)
- 18: Funny Underwear and Nine Other Funky or Frugal Ways to Stay Warm This Winter (2)
- 17: Fun With Sticks – Build a Shelter (4)
- 15: Foiling Squirrels At Your Feeders (7)
- 12: In the End (0)
- 11: Organic Baby Gifts from Amazon.com (1)
- 10: Saving Energy in One Minute Flat. How Low is Your Thermostat? (16)
- 09: Planning a Nature Garden (1)
- 07: 50 – 40 = 10 Gifts to Green the Earth (4)
- 06: When I Was a Kid (2)
- 05: 50 Under $10 Books for Nature Kids (3)
- 03: 5 Ways to Winter Bird Watch with Kids (9)
- 02: How Long Does It Take Birds to Find a Feeder? (9)
November 2009 (19)
- 30: 10 Christmas Surprises You Won’t Find On My List (4)
- 28: Tallgrass Prairies (0)
- 27: Chocolate and Candies to Make (2)
- 26: Black Friday Duck Shopping (5)
- 25: The Grackles’ Loss is My Gain (1)
- 22: The Way Life Works (0)
- 21: Me and My L’il Wheelbarrow (6)
- 20: Local Thanksgiving, Kansas Style – part 2 (9)
- 19: Kids in the Holiday Kitchen (2)
- 18: Squirrel Tracks in the Snow (3)
- 17: Local Thanksgiving, Kansas Style – part 1 (4)
- 16: Montessori Great Lessons – all things are connected (0)
- 13: Native Ferns, Moss and Grasses (4)
- 12: 10 Tips I’ve Learned from Greening My Home (0)
- 11: Red Berries You Don’t Want! (3)
- 07: Self-sufficiency is Not the Solution (0)
- 06: How to Attract Birds by Mimicking Their Calls (4)
- 05: Ten Tricks to Get Kids Outdoors (10)
- 04: The Amazing Hummingbird (2)
October 2009 (19)
- 31: Are we heading for destruction? (1)
- 30: Squirrel is Waiting for Winter (0)
- 29: 5 Questions With Will Johnston from GrowAndMake.com (1)
- 28: Favorite Backyard Critters Contest (0)
- 27: Douglas Tallamy and the Spun Glass Slug Caterpillar (0)
- 26: Favorite Backyard Animal Nominations (22)
- 24: Nature is Found in the Heart (0)
- 23: Bringing Nature Home (3)
- 22: Don’t Call Me “That Blogger from Kansas” (6)
- 21: Make Like a Kansas Possum and Prepare for a Prairie Winter (1)
- 17: The World is Like a Calm Pond (4)
- 16: Nature Books, Gardening Books, and Nature Gardening Books (1)
- 15: Impacting Climate Change One Post at a Time (12)
- 15: 10 Things to Keep You Walking to School (7)
- 14: Chasing the Beauty of Red Maples in Kansas (8)
- 10: Can We Heal Our World? (2)
- 09: Natural Remodeling for the Not-So-Green House (4)
- 08: Can We “Out Nature” Mother Nature in Our Gardens? (7)
- 05: Beautiful Fall Berries – Kansas Natives (3)
September 2009 (9)
- 30: Top Nature Spots (4)
- 29: Greening Costco (8)
- 27: He Who Can, Does (3)
- 25: The Cost of Prairie Restoration (12)
- 22: Kansas Fall (7)
- 18: Growing Green Teens (3)
- 11: Natives vs Invasives (2)
- 05: 50 Ways to Live the Good Life (2)
- 04: Edible Landscaping (4)
August 2009 (18)
- 30: Namaste (2)
- 28: Green Change (0)
- 20: Rain Garden Design (2)
- 19: Going Local (3)
- 17: Scottish Wildlife – part 1 (1)
- 16: Simple Ceremonies (0)
- 14: Green Granny? (5)
- 13: Arizona Garden (2)
- 12: Teen Green Community (1)
- 11: The Crunchy Chicken (3)
- 10: Kansas Mammals – Ursidae and Felidae (0)
- 09: Remind Me (3)
- 06: Good Gardening (0)
- 05: Handmade Community (3)
- 04: Tuesday – Green Bloggers (1)
- 03: Kansas Mammals – Canidae (2)
- 02: Evil People (0)
- 01: Sing, Nightingale, Sing (0)
July 2009 (27)
- 31: The Good Life (4)
- 30: Garden Capacity (3)
- 29: Boys and Girls Come Out to Play (2)
- 28: Green Earth News 07/28/09 (0)
- 27: 7 Wonders of Nature (1)
- 26: Happy Thought (0)
- 25: Moveable Feasts by Gregory McNamee (0)
- 23: Four Tips for Gardening with Kids (2)
- 22: Birdwatching with Kids (1)
- 21: ListPlanIt Winner (1)
- 20: Prairie Dog Myth (3)
- 19: Prairie Flowers Conversation (2)
- 16: Going to Seed? (2)
- 15: Splash, Learn, Contribute (4)
- 14: Green Earth News (0)
- 13: Green Earth Dream (0)
- 13: Purple Martin Mosquito Myth Busted! (3)
- 12: Across the Prairie (1)
- 11: The Edible Flower Garden (0)
- 09: July Harvest, July Planting (4)
- 08: Get the List Bug with ListPlanIt (3)
- 07: Kids Write About Our National Parks (1)
- 06: World’s Fastest Animal (4)
- 05: America the Beautiful (1)
- 03: Stuff, Stuff, Stuff (3)
- 02: Garden Therapy (6)
- 01: Local Food for Independence Day (8)
June 2009 (26)
- 30: A Buck for the Rainforest (0)
- 29: Prairie Flowers (2)
- 28: Products of the Earth (0)
- 26: 5 Features of Sustainable Communities (0)
- 25: Sick Grapes and Bad Tomatoes (2)
- 24: Green Earth (2)
- 23: Al Gore Urges You to Write (0)
- 22: Nature Rocks or Does It? (0)
- 21: We’re Not Raising Grass (0)
- 19: A Bus, A Lady, Some Kids, Some Dirt, and A Queen (1)
- 18: Garden Corner 06/18/09 (8)
- 17: Sleeping Under the Stars (4)
- 16: Nature News (2)
- 15: How Does Love of Nature Arise? (4)
- 13: Flush Doggy Review (1)
- 12: Earth Bag Houses (4)
- 11: Garden Corner 06/11/09 (0)
- 10: It Doesn’t Have to be Complicated! (4)
- 09: Tuesday Tidbits (2)
- 08: YMCA Adventure Guides (2)
- 07: There is no merit in just thinking.. (3)
- 05: Living in the Shire (3)
- 04: Garden Corner 06/04/09 (4)
- 03: 10 Tips for Happy Family Camping – part 2 (4)
- 02: News (9)
- 01: 3 Fabulous Bird Photographers (3)
May 2009 (30)
- 31: The Right to Happiness (4)
- 30: Green Book Festival Winners (1)
- 29: Heat Your House with Soda Cans (1)
- 28: Garden Corner 05/28/09 (3)
- 27: 10 Tips for Happy Family Camping – part 1 (3)
- 26: Weekly Earth News 05/26/09 (0)
- 25: Animal Camouflage (0)
- 24: The Power of Worms (0)
- 23: Botany in a Day – Thomas J Elpel (0)
- 22: Earth Homes – #1 Earthship (1)
- 21: Garden Corner 05/21/09 (2)
- 19: Weekly Earth News 05/19/09 (6)
- 18: Roots & Shoots (3)
- 17: The Power of Colors – Colorful Personalities (2)
- 17: Best Raised Bed Gardening Books at Amazon.com (5)
- 15: Answers to Perplexing Green Questions (3)
- 14: Shades and Textures of Green (2)
- 13: 3 States Who Are Promoting Outdoor Activities (0)
- 12: Weekly Earth News 05/12/09 (2)
- 11: Nature Doodles for Google (2)
- 10: The Happy Mother (1)
- 09: The Perfect Mother’s Day Gift (3)
- 08: Safe, Sustainable, Food and Water – Consumers Union (2)
- 07: Garden Corner 05/07/09 (5)
- 06: Going on a Treasure Hunt (2)
- 05: Weekly Earth News (4)
- 04: Green Hour – it’s kids and nature (2)
- 03: I’d Rather Feel the Earth… (0)
- 02: 5 Great Books for Bird Loving Moms (2)
- 01: Beans Are Better Than Steak! (2)
April 2009 (25)
- 30: Garden Corner 04/30/09 (5)
- 28: Top Earth News (6)
- 26: The Spirit of the Land (2)
- 25: 3 Classic Reads for Animal Lovers (6)
- 24: Are There Any Mountains in Kansas? (8)
- 23: Garden Corner 4/23/09 (5)
- 22: 10 Simple Earth Day Ideas (7)
- 21: Earth Day News (0)
- 20: Teaching Nature and Science (4)
- 19: The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (5)
- 18: Best of Amazon.com For Earth Day (6)
- 17: What do people eat in Kansas? (2)
- 16: Garden Corner 04/16/09 (5)
- 15: Kids Can Make It – Beef Stew (3)
- 14: Green and Nature Links (3)
- 13: Observing Nature Through a Window (7)
- 12: The glory of spring how sweet! (0)
- 11: 5 Tools for Planting a Vegetable Garden (7)
- 10: Green Thumbs for Hire (2)
- 09: Garden Corner 04/09/09 (5)
- 07: 5 Great Things for Mother Earth (6)
- 06: Nature Places? (0)
- 05: Each Living Creature (3)
- 03: The Power of Two (4)
- 02: Garden Corner 04/02/09 (3)
March 2009 (27)
- 31: Weekly Earth News 03/31/09 (1)
- 30: Great Birds – Red Cardinal (3)
- 29: After the Storm (3)
- 28: Beautiful but Deadly (4)
- 27: Need, Want, WIBNi (2)
- 26: Garden Corner 03/26/09 (5)
- 24: Weekly Earth News 03/24/09 (4)
- 23: Water, Water, from Where? (4)
- 22: The Wealth of Water (1)
- 21: Green Fingers at the White House (4)
- 20: Sustainable Agriculture and the Future – an interview with Dr Rhonda R. Janke (1)
- 19: Garden Corner 03/19/09 (2)
- 18: Earth Active (1)
- 17: Weekly Earth News (4)
- 16: Which Biome? (3)
- 14: The Gift of Light (1)
- 13: Frugal vs Organic (3)
- 12: Garden Corner 03/12/09 (0)
- 11: Green Kids Activities (7)
- 10: Growing Green News 3/10/09 (0)
- 09: Memories of Green Growing Things (2)
- 07: Genuine Interest Cannot Be Forced (0)
- 06: Lazy Gardening – choosing seeds (2)
- 05: Depression Cooking (0)
- 04: Flower Pressing (6)
- 03: Green News (1)
- 02: Tall Trees – Oak (1)
February 2009 (24)
- 28: Trees (0)
- 27: CSA – Community Supported Agriculture (7)
- 26: Spring Greens Growing (5)
- 25: Twigs in a Jar (1)
- 24: Green Guilt? (11)
- 23: Great Birds – The Red-tailed Hawk (1)
- 21: Birds (1)
- 20: Five Lazy Ways to Compost – Part 5 – Mulched Raised Beds (2)
- 19: Winter to Spring (3)
- 18: Taste of the Sea (7)
- 17: Green News Sites (0)
- 16: Usborne Young Naturalist (3)
- 14: The Seed of Learning – Shinichi Suzuki (3)
- 13: Five Lazy Ways to Compost – Part 4 – Dalek (2)
- 12: Watch Seeds Grow (0)
- 11: Beansprouts in a Jar (4)
- 10: Growing Green News (2)
- 09: Natural Science Terminology (2)
- 07: Loving Nature’s Garden (3)
- 06: Five Lazy Ways to Compost – Part 3 – Bokashi (5)
- 04: Making Butter in a Jar (4)
- 03: Growing Green News (3)
- 02: Natural Science Foundation (0)
- 01: Feel the Sea (0)
January 2009 (10)
- 31: Spring, Change (1)
- 30: Five Lazy Ways to Compost – Part 2 – Worms (4)
- 28: Happy Little Green Earthonauts Contest (2)
- 27: Growing Green News (3)
- 26: Growing Green (4)
- 23: Five Lazy Ways to Compost – Part 1 – Tumbling (7)
- 21: Kansas Eagle Days (7)
- 15: A Gentle Way of Gardening (2)
- 10: Relieving the Pressure to Cut Your Food Costs (3)
- 05: Sticker Shock on Saving the Earth (0)
December 2008 (6)
- 28: Three Great Learning Links Related to Gardening (0)
- 27: Planning Ahead to Gardening with Kids (0)
- 26: Caught Up In Gardening (0)
- 23: How I Became A Bad American Climate Changer (0)
- 20: I.O.U. a Green Christmas (5)
- 18: Concerned Citizen or Activist? (0)
November 2008 (2)
- 05: Fall Vegetables (2)
- 01: Around the Greenosphere (0)
October 2008 (5)
- 28: Green Cooking (5)
- 18: Common Bugs (6)
- 16: Something Meaty (8)
- 11: Good Hikes (7)
- 07: Green Bookcases (3)
September 2008 (3)
- 22: Rocket Stove – cooking with just a few sticks (2)
- 08: Permaculture Gardening (2)
- 05: My Green Improvements List #1 (9)
August 2008 (9)
- 31: I Admire You Because… (6)
- 29: Life is Amazing! (3)
- 28: Sunrise Over Suburbia (2)
- 27: I Want an Allotment! (5)
- 26: Returning to Center (4)
- 25: Air Dry Your Laundry Round Up #1 (2)
- 25: Air Dry Your Laundry Outside (2)
- 24: Green Laundry Challenge #1 (0)
- 18: Scotland to Spend $1.4M on Four Beaver Families (0)
April 2000 (1)
- 05: John Muir – A Scottish Boyhood (0)