Tag Archives: Charlottesville sustainability

5 Steps to a Healthier Charlottesville Home

Creating a Healthier Charlottesville Home can be easy! The latest flu epidemic has been on everyone’s mind. We thought we should share the following article with five tips on how to make a healthier Charlottesville home. 5 Steps to a Healthier Home Believe it or not, being healthy at home isn’t just about what’s happening […]

Preparing the Charlottesville Vegetable Garden for Winter

Some Thoughts about Preparing the Charlottesville Vegetable for Winter This was my vegetable garden mid-summer… At this point, the asparagus were finished, the cukes were coming in, I had a late crop of tomatoes (though my husband got his 25 plants in on time in another part of the property), the sweet potatoes were flourishing, […]

Sowing the Seeds of Spring: How to Start your Garden Indoors

Following is a very general article about beginning your garden indoors.  These are basic rules, and I will be providing a more in-depth look at how we find the space and time to begin our garden indoors each your.  Check back, or better yet, subscribe to receive an email when new posts are posted. Sowing […]

Vegetable Gardening in Charlottesville

Vegetable Gardening in Charlottesville How we began this journey… As we returned from our walk this morning, I turned to Stephen and said, “You know we’re late getting the seeds started.” A few years ago, Stephen and I started the “where will we retire” conversation.  We’re years away from that moment but close enough that […]

7 Mid-Summer Lawn and Garden Tips

There are times when I dream about how wonderful it might be to spin off a clone of myself, another “me” to get through the list.  Or maybe, if there was someone to just manage my life for me?  Hmmm…. Well, I came across a newsletter from Sears called Manage My Life, which has good […]

So, what exactly is “sustainability” anyway?

Our goal is to focus on sustainability.  So, what does that really mean?  I found information about a very interesting organization called The Natural Step, a group who’s soul purpose is to help corporations, organization, and ultimately individuals, understand their role within the sustainability movement and how they “can reduce their impact on the environment […]