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Edging Your Backyard: A Few Helpful Tips – guest post by Kylie Johnson

Your home is divided into designated living areas that define the purpose of each space. A little “outdoor space designation” will create the unified environment that draws your family and friends into the special world that is your backyard. Creating crisp clean edges and borders to direct traffic, focus attention, and indicate specific activities (playContinueContinue reading “Edging Your Backyard: A Few Helpful Tips – guest post by Kylie Johnson”

Watercress pesto

Another seasonal recipe from Holly. ……….. As spring finally gets going one of my favourite flavours is the sharp tang of watercress. Although lovely in a soup and also stuffed into a good cheese sandwich this year I thought I would try a pesto. I tried a few different nuts, pine nuts, brazil nuts andContinueContinue reading “Watercress pesto”

Joe Harkness, Bird Therapy and the Wild Voices Project

I may have mentioned the Wild Voices Project before. It’s a podcast run by Matt Williams that profiles people who connect with the natural world in some way (tagline: the stories of the people saving nature), and it makes for some wonderful listening. Matt’s approach is informal yet gritty and his lengthy episodes unravel slowly,ContinueContinue reading “Joe Harkness, Bird Therapy and the Wild Voices Project”

Reducing Carbon Footprints with Smarter Transportation Choices – Guest post by Tracy Plunkett

In 2017, the transportation sector emissions in the US surpassed emissions from power plants. It was a first since 1978. The trend may not seem as alarming to those who have been analyzing the transportation sector for the past five years. But the latest data indicates a much-feared shift. It’s important now more than everContinueContinue reading “Reducing Carbon Footprints with Smarter Transportation Choices – Guest post by Tracy Plunkett”

Adding Natural Decor – How to Bring Nature Indoors – guest post by Emma Joyce

There are numerous ways you can bring a dash of nature into your home and enjoy the natural environment in your interior. Many people want to bring natural elements indoors and incorporate them into their lifestyles. For generations, this has been something only people who wanted to raise the awareness of nature conservation used toContinueContinue reading “Adding Natural Decor – How to Bring Nature Indoors – guest post by Emma Joyce”