How Gardening Can Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
Having an organic veggie garden can save 68lbs of CO2 a year! Organic also means not using fertilizers THAT can hurt our animals, which help our plants and food grow. each bag of nitrogen based fertilizer takes so much energy to produce and ship, it creates 4-8lbs of CO2 per ton.
The best part of growing your own garden? Nurturing a garden can give you a new appreciation for food... especially for kids. My son loves veggies, and I think part of it is because we are in the garden together every day. If you want higher yields, try an edible garden, which has both flowers, herbs, and veggies in it. You could even just plant a row of wildflowers... the goal is to increase pollination! Another great thing for your garden is compost, which is free. You just need an outdoor compost bin. The only trick is saving piles of "brown material," which is dried leaves, unseeded dried out plants and weeds, sticks, and even dryer lint to continually add to your "green material." A simple web search will help make it feel easy!
You can scroll through every listing in Katonah from your couch tonight. You can see the square footage, the acreage, the stone walls, and the kitchen renovation from 2019.
If I were moving to Northern Westchester today, I wouldn't start with a home tour. I'd start with a weekend.
It is hard to believe that we are already heading into fall and that school is back in action. Before fall fully arrives, here are the things to prioritize now.