We Belong Outdoors

Bottom Line Project

I believe in community. I believe in our ability to make communities that are larger, more creative and more vital than the sum of what we each add. I love the feeling of coming home. I’ve been i...

Nature's First Green is Gold- Enviroschools

If I were being honest, and I aim to be, it's been a crazy week. With no further details needed, except, on top of crazy week, Isaac our second child, started school. I was so concentrating on what...

A World at our Door - Local Markets

Welcome again to new subscribers who have come in through friends' recommendations to see the Small Adventure videos in eddyhopping.com. I am springtime happy that you've joined us. This week I get...

Lettuce Pray

This week is my favourite of spring growing, and regardless of the amount of land that you have, even in a cityscape, you can do lettuce. I was raised Catholic and heard "Let us pray" many times in...

One Year Celebration with YOU!

We started this magazine on an idea and the goodwill of generous and accomplished contributors. With this issue, we acknowledge the successful end of our first year! This magazine was instrumental ...

Growing Goodness for Pets

Today is my first day "back in the office" (5 hours at the dining room table while kids are at school). We've just been down in Queenstown for 3 weeks, skiing with the kids. The blossom trees are j...

Aromatic Adventures

Yesterday I got back from 4 days at the ocean. by myself. John looked after Helena and Isaac, and I immersed myself in a video project that I've been wanting to bring to life for months. The enviro...

EMF- The Other Side of Technology

About a year ago, I met with my friend Mandi to take a walk. We had not seen each other in a couple of years, and she felt like a different person. She told me that she had developed EMF (Electroma...

What the Robin Knows

We slide to the equinox, the shortest (or longest) day. Does it feel like that to you? Sliding? Running? Roaring? Last week we had a full moon day, with Venus passing in front of the Sun, did you s...

Fiordland and the Waterfall

Six weeks ago I scheduled last week as “feng shui” week, the week that I clear file cabinets, sort clothes, take care of sad house plants, put the garden to bed for winter… you know, this lis...