@Phillip Greenwood

@Carla Giddeons I wonder if red clover would make a good jam? I was also wondering about rose hips? I'm thinking tea jam for the kids; a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down :-)

@Maryann Fisher :-)

Earth Day is a good reminder that the earth responds to our steady care. A little compost or living mulch with a little less force and a little more attention. Healthier soil, healthier food, and a steadier home often begin the same way. One simple step at a time. For many of us, this does not start with acres. It starts with one bed, one herb, one patch of ground, and a willingness to work with nature instead of against it. This year’s theme, Our Power, Our Planet, feels simple but true. To me this means, that the Earth is sustained by the daily actions of communities, workers, educators, and families where they live. For example @Edwin Bomani who is building a community food forest or @Veadeh V Harrington calling to duty teaching young children how to feed themselves and future families. I engage with another group where as a market gardener takes on interns every year. These are the powerful actions we can all do to make this plant one step kinder. I recently volunteered for two days to help teach over a 1000 1st grader how to plant a seed sending each home with their own planted bush bean. The smiles, the giggles, the little girl telling me she was going to grow her daddy beans because he loved them. With a little act of kind by every human each day with an effort toward understanding nature, that is Earth Day. And like buying roses for someone on Valentines Day, if you cannot buy roses through the year when the loved one is stressed or sad, then why on one special day. The same goes with Earth Day and nature, tend to nature when she is stress or sad, not just on that one day. As most everyone said in this thread, everyday is Earth Day. This Earth Day celebrate yourself because of who you are; truly everyday is Earth Day Stay grounded. Stay rooted.

Very nice, like the terracing

@Diane Foster Thank you Diane I see writing is your experise. I'm toying with the idea of a narrative like above versus a scripted type book where characters talk back and forth to educate. Which do you think is more productive and engaging for the reader.

@Jon Shobe That is spot on... What I'm working for in my first books will be to break this down into bite size pieces for the busy family that does not have a lot of time, maybe 4 hours each staurday, but want to begin taking their land in the right direction. You are so correct that when you set the foundation, nature balances quickly and gets right to work.

@Larry Baracco wow Very nice

@Paula Boggan very nice That’s how I do it to; steady as she goes