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Gardens For Better Sustainable Community; My Speech at Google
This week was a tremendously exciting one for me – I was invited to speak at Google!! (To clarify – YES – I am jumping up and down with excitement!) Google is a wonderful place to explore the concepts of sustainability and garden-to-table organic and green healthy choices. They have cooks for the Googlers – [...]
Test Driving Ford Cars On A Real Race Track – Which Of These Cars Is Recyclable?
Being invited to the Ford Test Tracks in Detroit, Michigan for the #GoFurther event was an eye opening experience. It made me realize how important the “Recycle Circle” is. Test-driving the Focus Electric, Ford Mustang, and F-150 on a professional race track is pretty darned exciting! In the video I ask the question, “Which one [...]
Best Mexican Pozole Soup Recipe; How To Cook Hominy, Onion, Tomato and Pork Soup
Want the perfect recipe to feed a whole family which costs $10 or less for the meal? Pozole soup made with Chef Carlos Capistran from the Lol-Ha Restaurant. Above is a video we made showing how to cook up this delicious soup. We made this regional soup while on the beach in Akumal, Mexico while [...]
Eco Tour A Butterfly Swarm and the Deep Jungle in Sian Ka’an, Mexico
Going to Sian Ka’an, a UNESCO world heritage biosphere reserve in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, was an astounding and empowering experience. Sian Ka’an is 1.2 million acres of jungle, ocean, cenote, and Mayan cultural exploration. As soon as we hopped out of the van – driving nearly an hour south of Playa Del Carmen, [...]
How To Make A Recycled Garden Fence Flower Folk Art Display
Behind my fenceline rests the 200 foot long guerrilla garden I share with my community. Every day little old ladies and teenagers and children on bikes and neighbors who have cancer – all sorts of wonderful people – pass by my garden-behind-the-fence. Some people stop to rest at the park benches while others simply smile [...]
How To Make an Herb Infused Basil Cooler Martini Cocktail Recipe
Want a delicious cocktail treat for summer? I discovered this yummy cocktail recipe for an Herb Infused Basil Cooler Martini in Akumal, Mexico with my delightful and good looking friend Sam Jiminez. Below is the recipe and video on how we made this great drink right at the beach. Listen for Sam’s amazing translation of [...]
Guerrilla Gardener Has To Pay City Fees and Wants To Make A Difference #NOGARDENTAX
Five months ago a battle began with my city about the area of land behind my property line which I have turned into a garden. Little did I know there would be a national uproar about this garden and the issue of guerrilla gardening would be debated around the nation because of my own little [...]
A Darling Little Ice Cream Cone Container Garden
Recently I traveled to Albuquerque, New Mexico to appear on several news tv programs and run a seminar at High Country Gardens, an amazing nursery which specializes in low water plants and eco-friendly landscaping. While walking through the nursery I spotted the coolest little bit of a planter – an ice cream cone container literally [...]
Recipe For Herbed Pork Roast With Vegetables – Le Creuset and P. Allen Smith Together In Food
What are you fixing for dinner tonight? How about Herbed Pork Roast? This delicious aromatic roast with summer vegetables is NOM NOM YUMMY and remarkably inexpensive to make. I got the Le Creuset pan thanks to P. Allen Smith and the #G2B12 event. The one and a half pound roast cost $3.98, the vegetables used [...]
How To Make a Garden Screen For Your Shed From Reused Materials
Behind my home is a backyard space about 100 feet long by 30 feet wide which has the ugliest most gawd-awful plastic shed on it. When I look at the falling-apart-barely-standing-cracked-in-places-monstrosity, I literally cringe. It is my most vivid hope that a giant lightening strike will blow the thing out of existence. I dream of [...]
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