Category Archives: Health & Wellbeing

Garden Retreat Or Garden Advance

Posted on September 6, 2022 by Ann Lovejoy
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Our newest neighbors enjoy gardening together Gardens That Welcome and Include After way too many hot dry days, the garden is finally starting to perk up, thanks more to heavy dews than actual rain. After each rinsing, grateful birds flock … Continue reading →

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Rain Barrels Save Water, But Is It Clean Water?

Posted on August 29, 2022 by Ann Lovejoy
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Lifestraw filters are good basic emergency supplies What’s On The Average Roof? With the rainy season on the horizon (hopefully), I recently wrote an article about using water saved in rain barrels safely and have been answering many questions ever … Continue reading →

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One Woman’s Delight, Another’s Disaster?

Posted on August 22, 2022 by Ann Lovejoy
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My beloved ‘sprawl of abundance’ Relational Gardening Since my home garden is tiny, I’m fortunate to have the use of a plot in a community garden a few minutes’ walk from my home. As I’ve mentioned before, the soil had … Continue reading →

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A Wholesome Distraction

Posted on August 15, 2022 by Ann Lovejoy
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Run Julia Child’s tian through the garden for a taste treat Gardening As Active Meditation My new meditation app informed me this week that, according to recent studies, humans spend on average about 47% of our waking hours in a … Continue reading →

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