Archive for May, 2006

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Composting resources in Rhode Island

by Caroline Brown

Following are some excerpts from an article about composting that I recently wrote for the Kent County Daily Times. The photo was taken at Earth Care Farm, an organic farm composter in Charlestown, RI, where my master composter class once visited on a field trip.

Monday, May 22, 2006

Lily of the Valley

by Caroline Brown

No blogging this weekend and limited blogging today…I had a nearly catastrophic computer incident on Saturday. I have to find a 'puter store and get new RAM asap before things are back to normal around here.

It would have been funny, though of course irrelevant to this blog, if I'd taken a photo of my "blue screen of death" and posted it here. In the meantime here is a photo and some info on Lily of the Valley.

Friday, May 19, 2006

The Blog of Henry David Thoreau

by Caroline Brown

Curt shared a really good blog with me a few days ago: The Blog of Henry David Thoreau. The "blog entries" are really Thoreau's journal entries. Greg Perry, a poet, writer, photographer and blogger, posts Thoreau's journal entries on the day that they were written (though they were written in different years).

Thursday, May 18, 2006

Back yard then & now

by Caroline Brown

Speaking of then & now shots….when I was taking the photos of the lawn, the laundry was hanging & it reminded me of an old photo that we have of the house.

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

The overseeded lawn, one month later

by Caroline Brown

Yesterday a reader asked how my lawn was doing one month after the overseeding.

Left: Lawn on April 14
Below: Lawn on May 17

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Natural News Network: RI’s source for natural news

by Caroline Brown

Calling all fellow Ro Dilandahs…Rhode Island has new source for information about nature & the environment: Natural News Network–Rhode Island's "only fresh, local, all-natural news source." RI's green community is growing and this is a great way for us all to stay connected.

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