E.C.S.T.A.S.Y. — End Consumption, Save The Air & Sea, Y'all!
A support group and discussion forum for those who want to kick the habits of consumption that are damaging the world we live in.
It's Independence Day! And while I have some diaries plotted for this series that will be profound and erudite and full of depth and insight...today I'm just going to brag on my garden a little.
Our little household will never be able to get off the food grid entirely (can't grow rice in the Boston suburbs! No room for the spaghetti trees!) but we've been getting better at it every year.
Let me describe our layout. We live on the side of a hill. 47 steps lead from street level to our front door. When we bought the house, the front yard was a very steep slope, covered with weeds and debris. There is a garage at street level, inset into the hill. When we bought the house, the garage had a peaked roof in wretched condition.
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