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!
When people search for a home, they usually focus on square footage, layout, or the kitchen. But after years of helping families find the right place in Westchester and Fairfield County, I can tell you the real game-changer isn't the house itself — it's the community around it.
What a whirlwind since I last checked in! For everyone who came out to any (or all!) of the events this spring, thank you for your magic — you truly made them special.
As we jump headfirst into summer, I wanted to share a quick market update with you all.
Every week, I sit down with Fairfield County sellers who are ready to move, but hesitant to list. And when we dig into why, it's rarely about the market or the timing. It's the unknown.