Green

Earlier this week our survey What's the First Green Habit You Adopted asked readers to share what their earliest green habits were. Responses were great! Many of you answered the question by reminiscing about your childhood—loved it! A few of my favorite responses are below the jump.

Few home gardeners count electronics among the trusty tools in their gardening toolbox. Right now Amy Stewart, one of the very opinionated and talented writers of the Garden Rant blog, has posted about this gadget, above, which takes soil and sun readings that can be analyzed on your computer. For those of you who lead busy city lives or are just learning to garden, do you think this gadget has a place in your life? Or is this where we all should draw the line?

Attn: Giveaway at the end of this post! I really wish I had a book like The Art of Pregnancy when I was was pregnant with each of my three kids. As it was I had a more mainstream pregnancy journal/planner book and it did more to make me anxious or fearful than to relax me and inspire me. As the natural parenting and childbirth movements gain ground we see more great books like these, books that empower women to gestate and give birth on their own terms.