Visit Our Friends On The Web:

     Brenda Hyde is the guiding force behind a place for Old Fashioned Living exploring the wonderful homey things like gardening, cooking, teas and honest old fashioned living ideas that are more relevant than ever! Click here.

     Sustainable agriculture is about buying locally, saving shipping costs, supporting your neighbors and getting the freshest possible seasonal produce.  Support your local farmers by shopping at Farmers Markets in Arizona - Find the markets closest to you by going to this site - click here. Or anywhere in the US, by clicking here.

     Slow Food, founded in 1986, is an international organization whose aim is to protect the plesures of the table from the homogeanizaiton of modern fast food and life.  Through a variety of initiatives, it promotes gastronomic culture, develops taste education, conserves agriculture biodiversity and protects tradtional foods at risk of extinction.
      Slow Foods encourages a new type of agriculture respectful of the environment, of human beings and of taste--sustainable agriculture.   For Phoenix area click here.   To find a SlowFood Movement chapter near you, click here and go to "Links."

     The Red Cross is one of the oldest and most respected emergency agencies.  You can donate anytime, online at their site www.redcross.org.

     Boyce Thompson Arboretum is one of the neatest gardens to visit. Located in the hills just south of Superior, Arizona it hosts many festivals and events or just go for a picnic! Click Here.

    Desert Botanical Garden is a premier destination if you are in the Valley of the Sun. Located at the Phoenix/Scottsdale border, and beside the beautiful Phoenix Zoo, the garden's many paths and events will draw you back again and again. Click here.

     Looking for a gardening club in Arizona - start with the Arizona Federation of Garden Clubs website click here to find a club(s) either general or specialized.

     Do you like grilling? (In Arizona - who doesn't?)  Debbie of rabbit foods and her hubby have a new cool product - personalized branding irons for branding the foods coming off the grill.  Click here for the perfect treat for yourself or gift.

     Arizonans' would you like your produce delivered to your door.  Rabbit Foods picks from the finest, locally grown produce, packages it up and delivers it once a week to your door.  How cool is that!  Click here for how and what.

    Our friend Kathryn Marshall owns Double Blessings Goats Milk Lotions, and yes she makes her lotions from her own goats milk (wonderful creatures). click here to visit her site.

     Our friend Sue Harris makes the most wonderful soaps, using only the most incredible quality ingredients, visit her Little Mama Products and learn for yourself. click here.

     Visiting Tucson and need a lovely place to stay?  Our friends Amber and Tonio Fernandez own the prettiest, most inviting vacation house, with all the amenities, a lovely back yard and a jacuzzi for enjoying the star-lite nights.  **** to go to the listing information for the house. The house is temporarily unavailable while some remodeling is done - check back.

     Arizona Chain Reaction is an organization focused on the slogan "buy locally."  This group supports locally owned, 'mom & pop' stores and businesses, and asks you support them too!  http://www.azcr.org/

     Monterey Bay Aquarium is reknown for its support and education of our sea creatures.  They offer a wonderful service for seafood lovers - sustainable seafood watch.  Here you can check the volunteer list of buying only seafood on the sustainable watch list each month.  What does that mean?  The list shows seafood to avoid because they need to recover numbers, the fishing methods used are dangerous, and seafoods which fishing practices support maintaining the health, population, and safety of our sea creatures.  http://www.mbayaq.org/cr/seafoodwatch.asp

    The Riparian Institute is a 'water ranch' preserve providing santuary for wildlife and in particular, birds. Herons and egrets are just two of the many birds found visiting the preserve's peaceful ponds.  With much habitat being claimed by development, here is a project dedicated to ensuring a part of nature will always be there.  Click here.

     Jennifer of www.fancysignatures.com has the most fun things for enhancing your emails or websites.  And they sparkle too!  Holiday, red hat ladies and just about any theme you can think of!

     One of the sweetest books ever written for gardening is Sharon Lovejoy's "Sunflower Houses" - check it out.