Big Bend Environmental Candidate Forums are coming in August. Check the Green Calendar for dates and location. Last year's forums were well worth the evening spent!
Friday, June 25
Wednesday, June 23
THE FLORIDA YARD
Frequent Tallahassee rains have made the small patch of grass in the front yard into an almost unmowable jungle. Considering what your yard could be as either a street-to-house vegetable garden or as a 'Florida Yard?'
When I mentioned Florida Yard to a friend who lives near Tampa, she said, 'oh, the ones with cement yards painted in pastel colors or the ones with rocks covering the yard interspersed with fake plastic grass leading to the front door?
Having a true Florida Yard means replacing as much turf as possible with hardy and native plants which eliminates the need to fertilize or irrigate, while creating a unique space for people and critters to enjoy.
Our wonderful Leon County Extension office has materials on creating a Florida Yard (plastic pink flamingos very optional) and check out the Florida Yards website.
Having a true Florida Yard means replacing as much turf as possible with hardy and native plants which eliminates the need to fertilize or irrigate, while creating a unique space for people and critters to enjoy.
Our wonderful Leon County Extension office has materials on creating a Florida Yard (plastic pink flamingos very optional) and check out the Florida Yards website.
Monday, June 21
No Heat No Meat Live Foods Potluck - "Edible Arts"
| Date: | Saturday, June 26, 2010 |
| Time: | 5:30pm - 10:00pm |
| Location: | 675 R Industrial Drive "The Place to BE" in Railroad Square Art Park |
Create art with food to bring to the potluck. Experiment with the variety and uniqueness of colors and shapes in raw foods to make a pretty dish! Most creative dish wins a PRIZE!
If you have never made a raw foods dish before and you are all out of ideas--- simply bring some cut veggies or fruit, or a simple salad.
SOUL VEG will be coming at 6 to do a demonstration with their SOLAR COOKER! (I know, it's not raw. but this is also about sustainable foods, y'all.)
There will be live LIVE demonstrations on how to make Raw Chocolate Pudding, Sesame Seed Milk, and raw Gazpacho.
We will also be sampling some informative videos. Main video will be a Raw Foods vs. Cooked Foods Debate.
Sunday, June 13
WHY BOYCOTTING BP ISN'T THAT SIMPLE
Interesting article in Saturday's New York Times about a boycott is not as simple as not filling up at a local BP station.
