No one like to open up the monthly power bill!  Especially in a year of record extremes, like this one! This summer, instead of merely complaining, we decided what we…

I blame StumbleUpon—or perhaps I should thank them.  One of their recommendations took me to  a site that delivered some dismal news.  My green(?)  lifestyle actually requires 3.9 planets to…

Growing potatoes always sounded hard.  Dig a deep bed, “fluff up” the soil (especially painful with clay), then go back with the shovel for harvest. I am a lazy gardener.  …

Digital Photography is very green.  Take a lot of pictures, delete a lot of pictures, save paper, avoid processing chemicals—yes, environmentally sound.  Except for the batteries.  To make matters worse,…