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| Jim Kleinwachter's ongoing dedication to conservation has made a true difference for the rivers and natural areas of his community. - - - - Now it's your turn - send suggestions, motivational ideas, and comments to share with the Live Smart Community at LiveSmart@thecasualgardener.com. Your comments will be posted at the end of this story. |
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| Build a therapeutic garden where ever you can! This photo is of Susan and Larry standing next to their front-yard garden. ∞ (The below write-up is a condensed excerpt from a feature in Shawna Coronado's greening and better health book titled "Gardening Nude". To learn more about the book, please go here: www.thecasualgardener.com/Book.html - Copyright 2008, Shawna Lee Coronado) Susan and Larry Kasprowicz built a therapeutic garden to help Larry overcome health issues. It is also healthy for the environment. Their special garden saves all the resources it takes to ship vegies from far-away places. Susan and Larry’s backyard vegetable garden suffered when expansive maple trees totally covered the area with shade. The avid vegetable gardeners decided to relocate their vegetable garden to the front yard. Although the front yard is traditionally a place for more formal gardening, Susan and Larry’s garden has been a breath of healing air in their neighborhood. Larry is a remarkable survivor. He has Type II diabetes and has survived colon cancer, so eating nutritionally is very important for him. Larry also has interstitial lung disease, sometimes called fibrocystic lung disease, complicated by emphysema, as well as congestive heart failure (CHF) and atrial fibrillation. Susan dotes on Larry, who has to carry a small oxygen container with him wherever he goes. Together they laugh, they create beautiful garden masterpieces, and they work to keep Larry’s health in a better place. Together, in their unique front yard garden, they are whole as they dig in the dirt and are in touch with the Earth. This is a place to share and be meditative, to enjoy the friendship and love they have for each other. Planting a garden in your front yard can be a health solution for many people. The physical activity, daylight exposure, and ability to produce your own organic food are big benefits. If you do not have the perfect location for a garden, follow Susan’s determined example to help improve Larry’s health and build a garden wherever you possibly can. What’s important is that you get up, get off that couch, and get outside into the natural environment for better health. You can do it!!! (This is an excerpt from a feature in Shawna Coronado's greening and better health book titled "Gardening Nude". To learn more about the book, please go here: www.thecasualgardener.com/Book.html - Copyright 2008, Shawna Lee Coronado) |
| Susan and Larry are working together to improve Larry's health by having a front-yard organic vegetable garden and the community loves it! - - - - Now it's your turn - send suggestions, motivational ideas, and comments to share with the Live Smart Community at LiveSmart@thecasualgardener.com. Your comments will be posted at the end of this story. |
This is where you, the reader, can share and make a big difference for others.
Send suggestions, motivational ideas, and comments to share with the Live Smart
Community at LiveSmart@thecasualgardener.com. Your comments will be posted at the
end of this story and will be anonymous unless you wish otherwise.
Let's see if we can help others make a difference in their communities too!
Send suggestions, motivational ideas, and comments to share with the Live Smart
Community at LiveSmart@thecasualgardener.com. Your comments will be posted at the
end of this story and will be anonymous unless you wish otherwise.
Let's see if we can help others make a difference in their communities too!
Comment -
Did Susan and Larry have to ask permission from their city to build a garden in the front lawn? - signed -
Rosey J.
Reply -
No, they did not. In fact, very few communities have restrictions on lawn gardening. Some homeowners
associations do, however. If you are concerned about restrictions, contact your local city and ask. Also, one
solution would be to mix vegetables in with your perennial beds so you could utilize a less obvious solution.
Did Susan and Larry have to ask permission from their city to build a garden in the front lawn? - signed -
Rosey J.
Reply -
No, they did not. In fact, very few communities have restrictions on lawn gardening. Some homeowners
associations do, however. If you are concerned about restrictions, contact your local city and ask. Also, one
solution would be to mix vegetables in with your perennial beds so you could utilize a less obvious solution.
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