Very cheerful and insightful! It definitely makes me wondering how I could incorporate your suggestions into the community composting program I founded in China. All those communities we have supported could benefit from the tips you provided to enrich their composting-focused community activities.
We have both European and American hazelnuts in our yard-- the squirrels always get the nuts before we do, but they're still gorgeous shrubs! We have a kiddie-pool pond but I'm hoping to dig a bigger one with various depths later this spring.
Oooh okay good to know we need to be on squirrel watch and ready to pounce when the nuts are ready! I’m happy to share SOME with the critters but I hope we get some too! And I bet your small pond has lots of life right??
Yes, we haven't figured out a way to get hazelnuts ahead of the squirrels, but we keep trying! :-) The pond attracts different kinds of animals every year, as well as being a big water source for the squirrels, possums, groundhogs, and raccoons in the neighborhood. My favorite wildlife sighting was two American kestrels using it for a bird bath!
We've used netting in the past to keep pigeons away from our gooseberries- but one year we found two dead great tits tangled in the net so I don't have the heart to do that anymore :( I wonder what would work against squirrels?? SO cool with all the mammals and even birds of prey in your pond-- I hope ours follows suit soon!!
Kimberly, Thanks so much for this newsletter. A reminder about how we are in the midst of transformative times now. Here in the US it is not hard to feel disheartened. A challenge to keep hope alive. To keep focused on what matters. Change is indeed a messy process. Helpful to see illustrated the ups and downs of resistance to change. The backlash feels particularly strong right now. Scary. And yet, I feel heartened by the resistance to this backlash in the US, as well as globally. We are all so connected. Glad the world is pushing back against this effort to obliterate progress made environmentally and socially. Appreciate so much, your commitment to creating a sustainable world. I think what makes that so challenging also, is the fact that we are really making a fundamental shift in what it means to to be human. A shift in human identity. Are we dominant over or collaborative with. And this shift ultimately means changing how we perceive ourselves. And what we stand for. Value most in life. Not just change to a healthful green energy and planet. Change fundamentally all systems of life. Effecting how we treat each other and our living planet.
I agree so much, Nancy. The worldview of domination is surely in the red on that graph and needs to decline - but it’s very resistant! Thank you for your kind words and keep up your good work!
Very cheerful and insightful! It definitely makes me wondering how I could incorporate your suggestions into the community composting program I founded in China. All those communities we have supported could benefit from the tips you provided to enrich their composting-focused community activities.
Thank you Xuehua, that's great to hear! I'd be curious to know how you apply any of these ideas in your composting program. Keep up the good work!
Always inspiring. Thankyou 🪷
We have both European and American hazelnuts in our yard-- the squirrels always get the nuts before we do, but they're still gorgeous shrubs! We have a kiddie-pool pond but I'm hoping to dig a bigger one with various depths later this spring.
Oooh okay good to know we need to be on squirrel watch and ready to pounce when the nuts are ready! I’m happy to share SOME with the critters but I hope we get some too! And I bet your small pond has lots of life right??
Yes, we haven't figured out a way to get hazelnuts ahead of the squirrels, but we keep trying! :-) The pond attracts different kinds of animals every year, as well as being a big water source for the squirrels, possums, groundhogs, and raccoons in the neighborhood. My favorite wildlife sighting was two American kestrels using it for a bird bath!
We've used netting in the past to keep pigeons away from our gooseberries- but one year we found two dead great tits tangled in the net so I don't have the heart to do that anymore :( I wonder what would work against squirrels?? SO cool with all the mammals and even birds of prey in your pond-- I hope ours follows suit soon!!
Kimberly, Thanks so much for this newsletter. A reminder about how we are in the midst of transformative times now. Here in the US it is not hard to feel disheartened. A challenge to keep hope alive. To keep focused on what matters. Change is indeed a messy process. Helpful to see illustrated the ups and downs of resistance to change. The backlash feels particularly strong right now. Scary. And yet, I feel heartened by the resistance to this backlash in the US, as well as globally. We are all so connected. Glad the world is pushing back against this effort to obliterate progress made environmentally and socially. Appreciate so much, your commitment to creating a sustainable world. I think what makes that so challenging also, is the fact that we are really making a fundamental shift in what it means to to be human. A shift in human identity. Are we dominant over or collaborative with. And this shift ultimately means changing how we perceive ourselves. And what we stand for. Value most in life. Not just change to a healthful green energy and planet. Change fundamentally all systems of life. Effecting how we treat each other and our living planet.
I agree so much, Nancy. The worldview of domination is surely in the red on that graph and needs to decline - but it’s very resistant! Thank you for your kind words and keep up your good work!
Thank you Kimberly! We live in an interesting time. Our choices matter. It was a pleasure to find this today.
Susan in Texas
Thank you so much for reading Susan, glad my words reached you in Texas! Our voices and choices do matter. x
It is my understanding that hazelnuts do not self-pollinate. So another hazelnut tree nearby is needed if one wants to have nuts.