GREEN, the name implies more than just a color in Crayola's big box of crayons. Green is now the catch word of 2008 and is BIG business. Just add the word green to any reference of home building, remodeling, saving energy and . . . .WOW, your product will be at the top of search engines. GREEN isn't really new, as I tried to explain to my two teenagers. I began thinking of growing up in the enlightened generation (well, we thought of it as such) and who introduced me to GREEN.
My Mom was the original GREEN poster woman. My Mom was the Supervisor of Nursing in a small community hospital in Vermont. She subscribed to an organic gardening magazine, composted everything, grew all our own vegetables and a lot of our fruit, and had two freezers and a cold pantry full of our produce at any given time. She baked bread (oatmeal was my favorite), homemade cookies (date-filled, oatmeal raisin, etc.) and her strawberry shortcake was to die for!
I lost my Mom years ago, but have tried to live life somewhat in her footsteps. After years of trying to turn my Easthampton, Mass backyard into the garden of my childhood, I gave up and am now a proud shareholder at Mountainview Farms. I still compost, but it's just to add to my neglected lawn which has never had a chemical additive since the day we moved in. I love going to the local farmer's market which sets up every Tuesday in Easthampton. Intervale Farm in Westhampton always has great herbs and conversation is lively.
GREEN is not new. Remember "Keep America Beautiful", teaching us not to litter and keep our "greenscape" green? How about "Recycle America", when we all learned not to fill up our landfills. Saving energy is not new to my family either. As the inventor of the Eclipse Windmill, Rev. Leonard Wheeler, my relative, helped farmers across the country learn to harness wind power cost effectively. Today, Massachusetts is struggling with legislation that controls the introduction of wind turbines off Cape Cod.
Last week was Mother's Day and I asked to have my old bike tuned up so that I could ride it down the Manhan Rail Trail to work every day. I'm enjoying it already. Yesterday, our new lawnmower arrived - a Neuton. This battery operated lawnmower does everything but fold laundry. It's quite a step up from our rotary push mower that we've had for twenty years. Oh well, I'm excited about our new technology.
My Mom was the original GREEN poster woman. My Mom was the Supervisor of Nursing in a small community hospital in Vermont. She subscribed to an organic gardening magazine, composted everything, grew all our own vegetables and a lot of our fruit, and had two freezers and a cold pantry full of our produce at any given time. She baked bread (oatmeal was my favorite), homemade cookies (date-filled, oatmeal raisin, etc.) and her strawberry shortcake was to die for!
I lost my Mom years ago, but have tried to live life somewhat in her footsteps. After years of trying to turn my Easthampton, Mass backyard into the garden of my childhood, I gave up and am now a proud shareholder at Mountainview Farms. I still compost, but it's just to add to my neglected lawn which has never had a chemical additive since the day we moved in. I love going to the local farmer's market which sets up every Tuesday in Easthampton. Intervale Farm in Westhampton always has great herbs and conversation is lively.
GREEN is not new. Remember "Keep America Beautiful", teaching us not to litter and keep our "greenscape" green? How about "Recycle America", when we all learned not to fill up our landfills. Saving energy is not new to my family either. As the inventor of the Eclipse Windmill, Rev. Leonard Wheeler, my relative, helped farmers across the country learn to harness wind power cost effectively. Today, Massachusetts is struggling with legislation that controls the introduction of wind turbines off Cape Cod.
Last week was Mother's Day and I asked to have my old bike tuned up so that I could ride it down the Manhan Rail Trail to work every day. I'm enjoying it already. Yesterday, our new lawnmower arrived - a Neuton. This battery operated lawnmower does everything but fold laundry. It's quite a step up from our rotary push mower that we've had for twenty years. Oh well, I'm excited about our new technology.
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