My wife and I are Zonies, born and raised in Scottsdale, Arizona also known as the Most Western Town. In 2008 we uprooted ourselves from our home in Flagstaff, Arizona, packed a vintage Winnebago Motorhome with our possessions and trucked 1800 miles to my new job in Evansville, Indiana: The River City. We are now a family of three, learning to live our lives as sustainably as possible. Stay awhile to laugh and cry over our trials and tribulations and learn how easy we have found it to be green.
After several weeks I’m trying to climb back in the saddle when it comes to the blog bandwagon. I’ve been out of commission for the last several weeks because my wife and I were getting ready to welcome our first child into the world. She arrived on June 23rd at The Farm Midwifery Center in Summertown, Tennessee. My wife really wanted a natural child birth for her first birthing experience. When we figured out we were expecting she did a lot of reserach on local hospital birthing... (more...)
We got a round of thunderstorms rolling through southern Indiana around 4 a.m. and another spout of rain. The other half of garden bed I’ve been waiting to complete turning and getting ready for planting was primed and ready to go after the rain this morning and it was overcast so I wouldn’t char my skin. I still have seedlings of cantaloupe, cucumbers, pumpkins, tomatoes, lettuce and a few other random things still waiting to be planted. I finished weeding out the major chunks of... (more...)
This Memorial Day of course marks the beginning of Summer and what better way to celebrate the season than to fire up your grill, right? Well for me anyway, it’s my preferred method of cooking when it heats up. Grilling has it’s benefits, especially when it comes to trying to keep your home cool during the Summer months. By cooking outside, you’ll reduce the heat output of your kitchen which of course will make your air conditioner run harder trying to keep you comfortable. ... (more...)
Since I’m a rogue gardener, I’m also not shy about “stealing” plants. Actually I’m pretty sure it was my wife who turned me onto the act, lasciviously telling me to uproot certain plants so she could divide, steal and replant so nobody would ever know. Now I “steal” on my own without having to be told. There are so many plants out there that require dividing because they multiply and sometimes at great rates. Iris plants are just one such plant that... (more...)
When it comes to gardening, I’m like a mint plant: rogue and rambling throughout the landscape, putting down roots wherever I see fit. I guess that’s just how I roll and I kind of like it. I’ve learned you can’t really be prim and proper with a vegetable garden anyway because inevitably, the darn things grow in ways you never expected and couldn’t contain even if you tried. That’s why I go rogue. I got my first vegetable bed planted earlier this week and... (more...)
It got hot and sticky yesterday here in southwestern Indiana. A lot of people commented that it felt like mid-Summer already and I have to admit, I kicked the a/c on because I just yearned for some cooler, drier air. I’m a newcomer to the Midwest of course so all this humidity is a new experience for me. It can feel downright tropical out there! While I’m sitting out on the deck or working in the garden, there’s nothing more refreshing than a cool, frosty drink to help you... (more...)
It’s been a whirlwind past few weeks as we get into the final days of my wife’s pregnancy. I can’t believe how quickly times has flown by and how much I’ve had to get done. Admidst all that, I’m ramping up for the Summer garden season and am getting ready to get our vegetable patch going. I probably should have started my seedlings a lot sooner but since this is my first season here in the Midwest, I’m a little behind the curve. We’ve been saving our... (more...)
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