Blueberries, cherries, whatever is ready in your part of the country, now is a lovely time to get into the fields and pick your own fruit.
Blueberries and strawberries are especially fun for kids, as the bushes are low and the berries easy to pick. If your afternoons are hot, mornings are better.
Some U-Pick or Pick-Your-Own [...]

I thought you all might want to check this out! A clothing designer from New York and she’s selling last year’s line for crazy low prices. Check it out!

Environmental Magazine Asks: What’s Hiding in Your Sunscreen?
The July/August 2009 issue of E – The Environmental Magazine looks at how nanotechnology has changed what we eat, wear and apply to our skin-unfortunately with little regulation and little understanding of the long-term consequences, both to our own health and that of the natural world.
Sunscreens, energy drinks [...]

Over-Winter Crops for the Great Refrigerator of the Pacific Northwest*

Now is the time to plant for winter eating. Check out the Seed Ambassadors’ Over-Wintering Varieties chart for great descriptions of useful plant varieties and techniques to help your plants grow “through winter in the great refrigerator of the Pacific Northwest” (*thank you Sarah Kleeger [...]