Home as Your Own Creation

Happy June! I am in love with this month’s chicken themed desktop calendar from Anne Bryant. Jon and I have kept chickens for four years and I am pleased to say that our girls recently made the move to Portland from Seattle. It was quite the journey. Placing them into individual cardboard boxes and loading them into the car turned out to be the easiest part, because about half way to Portland I got pulled over. It was 10:15 at night and when the officer leaned into the car to collect my license and registration the girls decided to make their presence known. “Bwak. Bwak,” they said quietly. The officer gave me a quizzical look and directed his flashlight to the back of the car. Four little boxes were neatly lined up, along with a bale of wood shavings, two galvanized cans of food, and other assorted chicken accoutrements. “Bwak. Bawk. Bwak.” I put on my best smile and said, “Um, yes, officer, I have my chickens in the back of the car. I’m moving them down to their new coop in Portland.” He gave me a look that said, “I see the weirdest stuff in this job” and headed to his patrol car. He came back, issued me a warning, and wished us good luck on our move. Phew! Apparently the girls are good for more than their eggs.

To put this month’s calendar on your computer’s desktop, all you need to do is click on this link—it will take you to a page where you choose can choose the file size that best fits your monitor. The calendar will then automatically download to your computer and you can set it up as your background image.

Also, for all my Seattle readers, please consider attending the NW Lawn & Garden Summit this Saturday from 9:00 to 2:30. People from the community are gathering to explore options for passing a ban on the usage of pesticides for cosmetic use—similar to the one already in place in Canada. Pesticides from home gardens cause significant pollution in the city’s streams and have a profound impact on the health of salmon and Puget Sound. Even if you cannot make it to the event, check out this great article on a study that shows the correlation between pesticide concentrations in local streams and sales of these products at local retail outlets. It really reminded me of the many reasons why I have always been an organic gardener.

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