Sustainable Living: An Experiment in Back Yard Sustainability

Thursday, 13 March 2008

An Experiment in Back Yard Sustainability

Peak Moment 51: Tour Scott McGuire's "White Sage Gardens" in the back yard of his rental home -- a demonstration site for suburban sustainability. He ponders, "How might a household produce and preserve a significant portion of its own food supply?" Composting, a water-conserving greenhouse, and seed-saving are all facets of this beautiful work in progress. [www.whitesagegardens.com]

About Dave

Dave Maynard - I'm a native son of western Montana, where I grew up on the edge of town when towns in Montana actually had an edge. I moved to Washington state at 26 in an effort to find a career in acting, which evolved into a niche in technical theatre and scenery construction, which after 14 years morphed into starting a one-man carpentry business, which has held steady for the last 7 years. I work well with others, but prefer to figure things out for myself. I like reading poetry when my spirit is hungry, and Harper's Magazine when my intellect is. I applaud telling truth to power, and abhor willfull ignorance and any kind of squandering. I hope that when everything settles, I can end up mattering...even a little.