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Category: Sustainable Living

The Ultimate McMansion - Versailles in France
February 11February 11 Donna L. Long

Pitchforks and Revolution, Are We Getting Close?

Planet Earth - Home
October 15October 15 Donna L. Long

Space: No Longer an Option?

Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People
October 30June 3 Donna L. Long

Colonization, Fire Suppression, and Indigenous Resurgence

My first harvest from the new garden plot.
September 3September 4 Donna L. Long

My Community Garden Plot This Summer.

oconaluftee-river-in-smoky-mountains-national-park
June 9January 17 Donna L. Long

Forest Bathing: 15 Minutes to Good Health

April 22March 13 Donna L. Long

They need us. Environmentalists save the world.

A Surrey Cottage by Helen Allingham
May 31January 6 Donna L. Long

Sustainability and Cottage Garden Life

Rudbeckia and Coneflower, informal cottage garden style
May 14January 6 Donna L. Long

A Cottage Garden, What is It? Is it our natural way of life?

Spring bloom of a dogwood tree
May 3January 6 Donna L. Long

My Life has Changed

multicolored and different types of ears of corn (zeas mays)
September 29January 2 Donna L. Long

Seasonal Autumn Foods for Sustainable Living

Shadbush (Serviceberry)
June 22May 14 Donna L. Long

Seasonal Foods for Summer

strawberries grown in my garden
March 24May 14 Donna L. Long

Seasonal Foods for Spring

dried pinto beans Photo by Scott Bauer. Courtesy (USDA.gov), a winter food
January 13May 14 Donna L. Long

Seasonal Winter Foods for Sustainable Living

The Ultimate McMansion - Versailles in France
January 9January 2 Donna L. Long

Paris Lessons: Versailles, the Ultimate McMansion

flowers in the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris, France
January 8January 2 Donna L. Long

Paris Lessons: Public Gardens and City Life

Street trees long the Quai De Conti in Paris. Photo by Donna L. Long.
January 7January 2 Donna L. Long

Paris Lessons: Street Trees and Strolling in the Shade

January 6January 2 Donna L. Long

Paris Lessons: Bikes, Trains and Automobiles

The base of the Eiffel Tower. Photo by Donna L. Long.
January 5January 19 Donna L. Long

Paris Lessons: How to Make a Liveable City

A Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) eats peanuts at a feeder in Fort Washington State Park. Photo by Donna L. Long.
January 1December 12 Donna L. Long

Words Before All Else

indigenous Concord grapes
October 16January 19 Donna L. Long

The Last of the Summer Grape Juice

July 3June 23 Donna L. Long

In My Garden – Native American Food Plants

Atop Philadelphia's City Hall looking east - a broad flat coastal plain
May 14January 19 Donna L. Long

Bounded Space: A Timeless Concept for Conservation

Large Milkweed Bugs on Milkweed
May 10January 19 Donna L. Long

The Social Conquest of the Earth

Seasonal round on Coal River, West Virginia Source: Library of Congress American Memory collection
January 4November 30 Donna L. Long

How to Create a Seasonal Round – Part 2

Seasonal round on Coal River, West Virginia Source: Library of Congress American Memory collection
January 3December 13 Donna L. Long

Seasonal Rounds: Charting Living in Harmony with the Land

March 12 Donna L. Long

The Native Plant Deniers and Setting the Record Straight.

White Oak (Quercus alba) terminal buds.
November 22December 14 Donna L. Long

Planting Trees – Restoring the Wissahickon

forest path covered in fallen leaves
July 6January 2 Donna L. Long

It’s 100 degrees outside. We need trees.

May 5 Donna L. Long

Removing English Ivy (Hedera helix L.)

May 2 Donna L. Long

Butterfly Bush (Buddleja davidii)

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For the Amateur Naturalist

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A Seasonal Gardener’s Guide

A Seasonal Gardener's Handbook, Revised edition by Donna L. Long.
A Seasonal Gardener's Handbook, Revised edition by Donna L. Long.

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