Healing Drought

What’s the best way to water your lawn?
The American Lawns website recommends 3/4 to 1 inch of water per week, and applying it “as infrequently as possible.”
I’ve known this for some time and have been practicing this summer.  We try to limit watering any part of our yard to once per week, and watering deeply [...]

Sustainability II

Just found this great post by Tyler Bradt at We Are Informed on sustainability and the meat industry.  Notice that neither Tyler nor I are calling you to vegetarianism!

Sustainable Argument

I’ve blogged several times about water conservation and usage. (Here, here, here, and here, for a few)
Word gets around (apparently) because someone asked me recently if I thought water down the drain was gone for good and not reusable.
Of course not, I replied.
Then why did I care how much water I used?
Here’s the best argument [...]

Wise Water Use

In August last year, after it had been really hot for several weeks, I realized I wasn’t watering our vegetable garden enough.  I had been watering enough to keep the plants alive, but barely.  Nothing was producing.
About the same time I noticed our air-conditioner drain that is not 20 feet from the vegetable garden.  Here [...]

A Worthwhile Cause?

Not every cause promises to change one’s life.  If I jump on board with this one, mine would surely be very different. I read this morning, on a General Board of Church and Society note, about Killer Coke.
I’ve blogged about my love of Diet Coke before.  In fact, I found a post about the stuff [...]

How Our Garden Grows

Rachel and I have have a plot of dirt in the front that has no grass.  It is right up next to the house and has a couple of bushes planted, but there is still plenty of open space.  Last summer we made a weak attempt at getting some colorful plants to grow.
This year, Rachel [...]

Addicted Land?

As I’ve probably shared here already, Rachel and I gave up meat for Lent this year.  It was a very interested time for us; Rachel has barely gone back to eating meat, and I am eating far less than I used to.
I posted a facebook status Tuesday afternoon that I hadn’t “eaten meat since Sunday [...]

Get Wormy

I’ve been wanting to share this with you for some time now.  A year and a half ago Rachel and I became farmers. Worm Farmers.  You can see our vermicomposter, or worm farm, in the picture to the left.
We tried starting a compost pile in our back yard, but there are too many critters aruond, [...]

Earth Day 2009

I usually realize it is earth day sometime after 6 p.m.  This year, I am ahead of schedule!
As I walked to and from the administration building here on campus (our campus is 130 acres),  I considered, in honor of Earth Day, to pick up every piece of litter I saw along the way.  I didn’t [...]

It’s a Beautiful Day for Public Transportation!

This morning I am finally venturing into the world of Waco public transportation. Rachel and I share a car, as I’ve mentioned here before.
Today I am going to a meeting in Fort Worth, but Rachel isn’t.  Instead of renting a car, I have picked up a ride with another pastor who was going anyway – [...]