You learn something every day if you pay attention.
-Ray LeBlond
A new year = new beginnings. Choosing to live a greener, more sustainable lifestyle isn’t so much a resolution as a necessity as we move into 2010. The environment demands it. Good news! There are many talented and dedicated people willing to share their expereince to lead us in the right direction. Food safety, habitat restoration, wildlife protection, plant identification. Water conservation, carbon reduction, sustainability. These are the people to watch and learn from. It doesn’t hurt that they are also friendly, kind, funny and (in a few cases) completely irreverent. Follow, read, laugh, learn.
Carole Brown (@CB4wildlife) www.conservationgardening.com
Karyl (@backyardhabitat) http://native-wildlife-gardening.com
Alison Kerr (@alisonkerr) http://lovingnaturesgarden.com
Paula Crossfield (@civileater) http://civileats.com/
Ellen Sousa (@THB Farm) http://blog.thbfarm.com/
Helen Yoest (@HelenYoest) www.gardeningwithconfidence.com
Elizabeth (@FLButterflyGirl) http://elizabethssecretgarden.blogspot.com/
Sheila Averbuch (@stopwatchgarden) http://www.stopwatchgardener.com/
In addition, we’d like to share a bit of good news: the engagement of our eldest daughter to her boyfriend of six years. Yup…2010 promises to be a busy year of gardening and wedding planning. We are blessed.
Lisa, thank you so much for including me in this list. I am truly honored to be in such good company!
And congratulations on the upcoming wedding. Planning sounds like fun!
Wow, I’m tearing up at the idea of being mentioned in the same post as such a big announcement. Congratulations to your daughter, her fiance, and your whole family. You might just need your gardening to keep your sanity during all the wedding preparations!
Thanks so much for including me in such a great list
Lisa, congratulations! Much happiness to you in 2010. How wonderful to have a photograph of the occasion…look at his face and her reaction. Priceless.
Thank you for the very very kind mention. As you may know I’m a vegetable virgin and this year resolve to be different. In the past frozen days your pictures of life in your indoor garden have meant a lot to me. I am being stirred into appreciation of growing food, after a flowers-only gardening history. Yes, 2010 is already very different.
Thank you all for your well-wishes! Thanks, too, for all you do and share. Your knowledge and commitment is encouraging to everyone that yearns to make the world a better place to live. Especially those of us who hope to raise grandchildren in it
There’s always more to learn, appreciate and try. You are all inspiring! Lead on….