From the monthly archives: July 2008
So I have developed an extreme sensitivity to salt, or rather have always had one I just became aware of how truly bad it was, and so have to eat a very low-salt diet. You might remember last year how I was working on losing weight, right. Well I’m still working on it, I kept [...]
They are growing rapidly, so far upright. I wonder when they’ll start to hang down? Same pot July 12th: This blog entry written by Trula Breckenridge. Thanks for visiting Family Footprint!
It seems like I freeze a lot but in the winter it is so nice to have garden veggies, it is like a little bit of summer in my home during the long, cold winter months. And it goes fast! My husband LOVES yellow squash and eats it plain, just lightly steamed, but me and [...]
I’m up in the middle of the night doing a bit of laundry, got behind on my housework. I know there is a better way for me to manage my household, time-tested ways women have used for generations. Let me find out. This blog entry written by Trula Breckenridge. Thanks for visiting Family Footprint!
This is pretty awesome, this guy has built an island from recycled plastic bottles. From the site: What is Spiral Island II? It is a tropical island paradise floating on over 70,000 recycled plastic bottles. It is about 20 meters (60 feet) in diameter, and growing, soon to contain over 100,000 bottles! From 1998 to [...]
Interview with Dave Rietz, webmaster and co-developer of Notmilk.com, a website devoted to exposing the harmful effects of dairy consumption. NotMilk is owned by Mr. Robert Cohen, the author of “MILK, the Deadly Poison” and “MIlk a-z”. This interview was first published on a prior site I had for Veggie Mama in 2003. Trula: Why [...]
Question: Trula, what if you want to live green but aren’t able to do all the hard work involved? Or what if you just don’t want to? I lived on a farm growing up and much of what you describe makes me think of the barrenness of my childhood. We didn’t have solar panels and [...]
A small slice of Ohio in the summer. This really is a beautiful place to live; a beautiful planet. This blog entry written by Trula Breckenridge. Thanks for visiting Family Footprint!
Huge mushrooms! Not growing in the garden but at base of a tree in the woods. This blog entry written by Trula Breckenridge. Thanks for visiting Family Footprint!
We had some old tiles and wood. We needed some tables for the patio Brian built last summer. He made some. He rocks! He’s made 3 so far, two square ones and one long rectangle one. He’s going to make some high square one for my bookstore also, excitement! We both get such joy out [...]
Actually not the garden proper, but a house plant that took sick and died. I have 5 of these plants in my house, the rest are fine. Not really sure what happened with this one, but it shriveled up pretty quick. Thought about trying to make something with this, then decided to just break up [...]
Dried up creek bed in the woods behind the house. When my mother-in-law was a little girl, this was full of running water. There is a natural ebb and flow to our world. I live the way I do to help, in my small part, keep things this way. This blog entry written by Trula [...]
Our back yard is so pretty and vibrant in the summer. This is where we chill. Ohio is really , really pretty in the summer. Anywhere there is green in Ohio, it looks like this. This blog entry written by Trula Breckenridge. Thanks for visiting Family Footprint!
One of the trees in the backyard, I love this tree! I sit under it often and just contemplate life as I gaze at the garden. This blog entry written by Trula Breckenridge. Thanks for visiting Family Footprint!
I am so impressed that you use cloth diapers, that was one thing I flat-out refused to do with my kids with any serious effort. With my youngest, now 10, I did use cloth diapers some of the time but not very often. I wish I had not used disposables and I thank you for [...]
Some pics of the balcony garden. Like the in-grown garden I’m kinda letting my balcony garden go wild this year. Up here I’m growing beans, peppers, okra, yellow squash, and cherry tomatoes. I wasn’t going to try growing squash in a pot on the balcony because the squash plants get so huge and need so [...]
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Very simple and extremely tasty. I LOVE turnip greens, have mercy. This blog entry written by Trula Breckenridge. Thanks for visiting Family Footprint!
Baby apples growing, this tree is amazing. Haven’t had an off year since 2001! This blog entry written by Trula Breckenridge. Thanks for visiting Family Footprint!
The blackberries are ripening, excitement! This blog entry written by Trula Breckenridge. Thanks for visiting Family Footprint!
Since I am the only person in the known universe to actually kill off mint, when I got more cuttings my in-law’s farm I put some directly in the garden. Yes, I know it’s likely it will grow like a weed. For me, that’s a good thing as I LOVE mint tea and drying the [...]
Baby grapes growing on vines by the mailbox. Excitement! Grape vines in backyard. Baby grapes growing here too! This blog entry written by Trula Breckenridge. Thanks for visiting Family Footprint!
This is strictly my husband’s area and it’s lovely! The wild ferns came back up this year and are thriving. I’m not sure what the other plants are, will have to ask him. He got them from Home Depot last year, or maybe Lowe’s. This blog entry written by Trula Breckenridge. Thanks for visiting Family [...]
Beaded ring I made with hemp cord. Now on my etsy store! This blog entry written by Trula Breckenridge. Thanks for visiting Family Footprint!
I have so many volunteer tomato plants growing in the compost still it’s unreal. My son S-bop picked out some and put them in the garden with the other tomato plants. It’s hard to believe that in a month the tomato plants will be as high as the stakes and bearing fruit! I can’t wait, [...]
Garden Tomatoes In Bloom July 1st 2008Originally uploaded by .Mercury My tomatoes are in bloom, it’s on! We all favor different things from the garden but the tomatoes are hands-down our all-time family favorite. Excitement! This blog entry written by Trula Breckenridge. Thanks for visiting Family Footprint!
I am obsessed with ferns, I have always loved them but don’t have much success in keeping them alive. It’s so odd because I very much have a green thumb otherwise. This is a new fern. I’m going to get more for the house and more for my bookstore as soon as I can be [...]
I think reducing our environmental impact is a very tangible thing. The removal of environmental toxins just in individual homes and work places (smoking, lead, asbestos, even cleaning toxins, etc.) has a very quick and tangible result. Clean water, air pollution, chemicals leached into the soil, also have tangible affects on people that can be [...]
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