We had just concluded our meeting of the Tree Lovers Collective,and we stepped into the brisk, sunlit streetscape on Front Street in Media Borough. A chainsaw growled down the block […]
Environmental Commons
Field Notes from a Climate Change Study Group
July 19, 2023, Media-Upper Providence Free Library A group of eight local explorers interested in understanding what can be done about climate change gathered in Media Borough at the Media Upper […]
Chester Housing Authority’s Bennett Community Farm Inspired by Cuba
This blog comes to us from Stefan Roots, blogger at Chester Matters blog, about the farming methods of Natania Schaumburg, farmer at the Ruth Bennett Farm in Chester, PA, inspired […]
What The Weeds? – Installment 2 (Bishop’s Weed)
Aegopodium (ee-guh-POH-dee-um) podagraria (pod-uh-GRAR-ee-uh), Bishop’s Weed, also called Goutweed, Goutwort, Ground Elder, Herb Gerard, English Masterwort, Wild Masterwort, Pigweed and Snow-in-the-Mountain, is an herbaceous perennial ground cover that grows 1 ½ […]
Has Timebanking Changed My Life? A Blog Revisited
Originally published in 2014 I live in Media, PA, a small borough just southwest of Philadelphia. The town was named Media since it is situated roughly halfway between Philadelphia and […]
Yardens Tips: How to Start and Maintain a Raspberry Patch
Many of you have expressed an interest on Facebook about learning how to start and maintain a raspberry patch so here I am with some information that’ll help you get […]