Region 6

I've added a Team Goal of Completing the Greener Apron Course, and signing up for the Greener Apron Virtual Benevity Volunteer event before end of month! Remember, every volunteer's time will be partner matched to The Arbor Day Foundation and they will plant 20 trees per partner completion!

So I've been seeing this trend on ground clover being drought resistant, and easy to maintain. When we had a pretty solid drought late last year I lost much of my grass. Instead of planting it, I decided to re-seed it with white clover. Needless to say it's growing within a few days and it looks plush and so green! Clover is not only easy on...

I grew up in the Northeast, and what we considered honorable recognition of native and indigenous peoples is everywhere. Grew up on Lake Ronkonkoma, sister lives in Massapequa even now, and our VERY large school district is named Sachem (Merrimac and Seneca for me - go flaming arrows!). I was also an archaeologist in the area for several years...

we have meatless lasagna, and more recently my wife up-leveled that to use thin sliced zucchini instead of noodles. pretty tasty!

Taking the kids (11/3) out for a walk almost every day is critical for exercise, family time, and appreciation of the outdoors. They also like to go to different places! We've recently discovered a guided Marsh experience nearby, and that didn't compare to a culvert where there are always egrets nearby.

The family and I tore out about 200 sqft of monoculture grass, along with some invasive decorative shrubbery, and planted 12 different local species (so far) of flowering plants and trees.

I started this ecochallenge in order to grow my sustainability efforts in my everyday life.

I believe it gives you more understanding of the world your choices are impacting. My spouse and I visited a popular Bird park down here. We saw Cardinals, Great Kiskadees, and tons of other birds like a Scissor Tailed Flycatcher. We also saw waste, caused by humans, in such a beautiful area.

Huge garden event in support of the Rise Inclusion School yesterday! We utilized grounds from our stores to prep the new soil for the gardens, seeded, and educated the students and staff on the work we do and why!

Apple Cranberry Salad w/ Portobello mushrooms. It was pretty good! Forgot to take a picture!