Recently I have been posting pictures and print about the work my family and I are doing on our 1/6 of an acre here in Carbondale, Il. Please check it out. Spring has sprung in Southern Illinois and our plant species matrix is growing rapidly. In the last couple of days I installed a 350 gallon tank for water collection. All of what we are doing here is easily doable by anyone. let's proceed!

Bill and I are finishing our teacher training out here in Arizona. Even though we have taught many courses through the years there is always more room for learning. It has been a great course with Jude Hobbs and Andrew Millison as our instructors. Many new tricks for the educational "sack".

Hi everyone, just thought I would give an update on what's happening now in Morehead, KY. Our local Good Stewards group has become an incorporated non-profit. An article was printed in the local newspaper and we met the last day of January. We have officially elected a 12 person board and are organizing the committees for our community projects. We had an unexpectedly/pleasantly large turnout. We have also received the grant for the square ft. gardening project and will begin constructing the… Continue

Does anyone know of any groups/people that are using the concept of the yard share in the U.S. that you could put me in touch with? I'm working with the 49th Ward GreenCorps here on the northside of Chicago to try to implement this project in our neighborhood.



The idea is to get folks together that either a: have yard space they are not using OR b: have no yard space and would like to grow some food. The yard owner would receive part of the food harvest as payment for using the space… Continue