This past fall, I was honored to be part of Samantha Bates student film thesis project on composting. In addition to a quick tour of my backyard composting operation, Samantha gives you a look into several fantastic initiatives that are happening in Bozeman. From the folks at YES Compost to Happy Trash Can to the Spring Creek Communal Garden, […]
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Happy New Year! I hope you had a wonderful holiday season filled with meaningful connection, delicious food, and some down time. Though I always like to enter a new year with hope, energy, and positivity, I have to say that listening to the news every day often counters those feelings. The top news headlines today include the
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Every day, we are faced with ecological crises, natural disasters, conflict, war, and global epidemics. It’s often difficult to remain positive in the face of overwhelming problems. But what if there was a concrete and simple way for you to be part of the solution? The video above is a talk I gave entitled, The Best
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I talked in my last blog post about how our directive, in the global north, should not only be to grow our own food but to look for other ways to reduce our energy consumption. The US Energy Information Administration estimates that 35% of our household energy use goes towards lighting, appliances and refrigeration. Therefore, anything we can
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Though we’re still more than a month away from the official start of winter, it seems to have arrived in Montana and with it, the end of the gardening season. I do still have greens chugging away slowly in the greenhouse but the rest of my garden has been put to bed and it’s time
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For those of you who also follow my Broken Ground page on Facebook, you may have seen that last week, I finished a 10-Day “Create Before you Consume” Challenge. What this challenge entailed was drawing, painting or creating something for 10 consecutive days before I looked at the news, checked my e-mail or went on social media.
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I know that I typically cover gardening tips and advice on this blog, so you’ll forgive me if I go off track today and venture into politics for a moment. Ultimately, it ties back to gardening so please stick with me until the end to understand how it’s all related.Like many in this country, I am
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One of the things that we like to say in permaculture is, “the problem is the solution.” The problem may be that we have a short growing season in Montana but the solution is that we have more time for reading, reflection and rest. Reflection and rest are things that I could certainly master better
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