Learn about how some members of the MOTHER EARTH NEWS team joined with others at their publishing company to start “edible landscaping” gardens on their front lawn.
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Environmental journalist Simran Sethi talks about buying her first home and discusses what eco-friendly goals she has for her new abode. This week Andrea and Dan have an engaging, informative conversation with a journalist investigating the impact of pollution on our nation’s school kids. Later in the show, you’ll learn a creative seed-starting idea that uses egg shells. Chestnut trees can provide luscious landscaping for any yard – as long as they’re not planted where the sharp burrs that cover the nuts could cause problems when they drop! Plus, you’ll have delights such as roasted chestnuts to look forward to after each fall’s bumper crop of sweet, meaty chestnuts. Learn how to plant, grow and care for chestnut trees, and how to harvest their delicious nuts. Edible-landscaping expert Rosalind Creasy reports on the incredible productivity of her 100-square-foot garden, showing that, if more Americans grew a little food – instead of so much grass – our savings on grocery bills would be astounding. Topics: “Green” steps taken by one of America’s largest cities. Organic gardening and landscaping. New eco-friendly products in a large hardware store. Craig Johnson has built a career writing cowboy mystery novels, and a 2,500-square-foot log house, in Wyoming. Creating a refuge from the city for a nongardener in a neglected Midtown Manhattan backyard. |
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