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THE LATEST FROM LEAF


Road Trip: City Slicker Farms
At LEAF, we love to get out and about, take in new sights, and see how others have implemented their ideas for changing the world. In...

Elaine
Jan 21, 2022


Cashing In on the Environment
Today, there are many swindlers in our world who are cashing in on our desire for sustainable and eco-friendly products. But how can we...

Eddie
Dec 20, 2021


How Do You Wrap Your Gifts
I was gifted something a couple of years ago that I loved because it, in turn, helped me give better. It has all to do with zero waste...

Rebecca
Dec 13, 2021


Living With Less?
I read a quote the other day that said: “It’s not a race to the end to find out who has the most stuff.” and it made me think about...

Rebecca
Nov 10, 2021


How does washing your windows lead to hating dryer sheets?
Have you ever washed your bathroom mirror, and then washed it again. And then STILL had it look smudgy and unclear? Turns out, you...

Rebecca
Oct 24, 2021


Talkin' Dirt Webcast Question
A question of note that came up in the August 14, 2021 edition of the Talkin’ Dirt (webcast?) was: What type of media do I use in my...

Rebecca
Sep 23, 2021


GAME ON!
Because our interests in gardening are often shared with our love of technology, I thought I'd take some time and share a few...

Eddie
Sep 20, 2021


Do you need a straw?
Sustainable Living

Rebecca
Sep 17, 2021


A Note to Those with Eco-Anxiety, You’ll Get There
In my efforts to live more sustainably and become more plastic conscious, I often feel overwhelmed when it comes to purchasing products...

Rebecca
Sep 9, 2021


Make Your Phone Listen to You
Since I have begun being plastic conscious my Instagram and Facebook feeds have been popping up with advertisements for things like...

Rebecca
Sep 2, 2021


Why clean your used gardening pots?
In our latest youtube video, the summer volunteer team Students for LEAF walks you through why you should clean your used gardening pots,...

Joyce
Aug 30, 2021


Talkin' Dirt Wednesdays
Attention all you talkers of dirt! LEAF'S Talkin' Dirt webinar series is having a schedule change. Beginning in September, our online...

Eddie
Aug 27, 2021


How big is your Laundry Container?
Continuing with my theme of reducing my plastic usage, one of the largest chunks of plastic in my house, at one point in time, was liquid...

Rebecca
Aug 26, 2021


What I Did to Keep Out Rodents Known As Gophers
Student for LEAF Ethan shares something he learned over the summer! At Stone Garden, there were so many amazing tasks to be done to...
Ethan
Aug 23, 2021


Something Very Close to my Heart
Something very close to my heart, besides propagating plants, is reducing plastic usage or being "plastic conscious" (a term, I realize,...

Rebecca
Aug 19, 2021


A disinfectant a day keeps the doctor away
Student for LEAF Sydney shares something she learned over the summer! In the Students for Leaf group I have been exposed to a variety of...

Sydney
Aug 16, 2021


Introduction
Salutations! My name is Rebecca and I am the new Propagator. I have been volunteering at LEAF C.R. Stone Garden since December 2020. I...
Rebecca
Aug 12, 2021


A Love Story
Meet Rhianne. Rhianne is in her early thirties and has a tremendous love for flowers. Rather than a gardener, she considers herself...

Eddie
Jul 30, 2021


No Bitterness
David Mesropyan Illustration by Sydney Owyang I think I say something like, “I love bitter drinks,” and Elaine brings up that she has...
David
Jul 26, 2021


Easy upcycling DIY: Jar lid pin cushion
Sharing a quick and easy crafting project created by #HandyMumLin. I spent a little over an hour creating this jar lid pin cushion that...

Joyce
Jul 19, 2021


Beauty and the Beach
During my vacation in St. Petersburg, Florida, I was taken aback to see all of the efforts being made there to safeguard both the...

Eddie
Jul 12, 2021


Large fossil find in EBMUD land
While on a routine patrol, Greg Francek came across bone fragments from prehistoric animals that existed millions of years before humans...

Elaine
May 26, 2021


Natural Wonders
Beauty from devastation. When we think of natural wonders, the last thing we picture in our minds is destruction. And yet it was the...

Eddie
May 26, 2021


Homemade roasted tomatillo salsa!!!
Ingredients: 8-10 tomatillos, husked and washed 1-2 tomatoes, washed. Any tomatoes are fine but the juicier the better. 2 large...

Mayank
May 17, 2021
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