Knitting a Cowl Hello, sweet needlework friends. Let me introduce you to my latest knitting project fresh off the needles. A cowl that also is a little bit like a dickie. While this is not the best photo of me, I just loved the way the tree branches look like part of my crazy hair. I took the photo early in the morning, right after I cast off the last stitch of this combination cowl/dickie. It was 17 degrees Fahrenheit – that is -9 for my celsius thinking friends. In San Diego, it never gets that cold. But I have been hiking early in the morning and the temps were close to freezing. I figured ..read more

http://sustainablelivingpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Want-to-See-My-Underwear_.mp4 Real Life As you all know, I have been on an online cleanse. Real-life was just a little bit too real and participating in the online world for the most part caused a negative physical reaction. I know – the power of mind and such. But one very cold day I decided to check the podcast email and to my pleasant surprise, I saw an email from WAMA offering me to try out their Hemp underwear. The CoVid 20 How did they know that I, like many others, had gained quite a bit of weight during the Covid-sit-at-hom ..read more

Why I Podfaded It has been well over a year since I published the last episode. There were many reasons and I am touching on them in this short solo episode. One of them was that I suffered – if that is the right word – from environmental depression. Yup. Just didn’t feel that I had to add a lot to the conversation. And, I needed a break. So many changes in my personal life – I will tell you later about them. But we are back with a new episode – Episode 159. Where are we Going with this Podcast Journey? That is an excellent question and I am hoping that I will hear from you. Tell me what topic ..read more

  Often, when gardening, the need to tie a plant or support it in different ways during its growth. I love to be able to use whatever is available and preferably what has grown in the garden. Poles for beans to grow on are always branches or reeds that grew in a spot where they ended up being in the way. Check out this berry.   I was gifted an old section of picket fence and put that in my driveway to distingue where the car space ends and the garden begins.  This fence comes in handy in many ways. You can see nasturtiums growing on it, as well as this Freedom Blackberry. The ..read more

  The other day, I made some Kvaas (I will make a separate post about that) and had lots of beet ends on my counter. The beets had been out of the fridge for a few days – remember, my fridge had broken and I didn’t have one for a few days. This is what the beets looked like before I started working with them.   I bought these beets and they came in a bag without greens. As you can see, after being at room temperature, the already did a little sprouting.   I added some water to the bowl I placed the ends in. This photo was taken the next morning after cutting the beets. As you ..read more