tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12872149019621379932024-03-18T20:39:15.191-07:00Going Green is KeenKim Burkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329548876386117470noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1287214901962137993.post-19916402093648442602016-03-24T14:03:00.002-07:002016-03-24T14:03:25.623-07:00What have i done green today?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
By green in this instance i mean what have i done for the earth?<br />
I used less water when brushing my teeth today consciously to see how little i could use and still feel i rinsed properly. Star on the board for that ok ill take it<br />
Sloppy i would say i am so checking into my green will give me a chance to tidy up more areas i imagine than i set out or invision before this post. Writing is a wonderful exercise for the brain.<br />
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Kim Burkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329548876386117470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1287214901962137993.post-84164979180813527552015-09-14T13:00:00.002-07:002015-09-14T13:00:26.715-07:00Tomato vines grow in clay pots on my porch<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Remember when bloggin was just words on the screen. The advent of picture insertions makes for leaps in technology. Now we advance to periscoping and instagram.<br />
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New year new Goal: Yield 10 lbs of food from my front porch this year. note here what items the harvests bring .<br />
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Kim Burkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329548876386117470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1287214901962137993.post-12603751082176746752014-04-17T07:50:00.000-07:002014-04-17T07:50:23.263-07:00SunRail <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Kim Burkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329548876386117470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1287214901962137993.post-13376774857799069122014-04-16T10:49:00.002-07:002014-04-16T10:49:39.183-07:00Radish Harvest<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today I pulled up a radish. This radish from a seed I started at the new year. I need to keep better records of sowing and harvesting for future production. </div>
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<b>Enjoying the process of growing food. </b></div>
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Winter is planting season here in Florida.<br />
My garden has been home to butterfly making.<br />
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Kim Burkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329548876386117470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1287214901962137993.post-45134812704966619492013-01-12T13:43:00.001-08:002013-01-12T13:47:40.515-08:00Spring in January - A Florida Saturday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Temp today is in the high 70 's with bright blue skies. The day not only had me putting on a swim suit and taking a cool swim, it also made me want to tend to my porch garden. Here are some pics of my peaceful playtime. </div>
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Kim Burkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329548876386117470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1287214901962137993.post-30322407734131694752012-05-07T09:22:00.002-07:002012-05-07T09:22:53.030-07:00Tending to my greens<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hope to take a basil plant and transfer the pod to a larger growth media. The packets of seeds that seem most durable with the resources i have on hand are the dill and radish. Happy Monday can be for seen tending to my greens.</div>Kim Burkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329548876386117470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1287214901962137993.post-71642931639526062802012-02-15T12:55:00.000-08:002012-02-15T12:55:32.831-08:00From my garden<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg04jz6eK2akyWc_WQVsX5vzWXZvgHBOjbAcKBigu8qCQS2v7E5gty8ywlYPjUmUXQH1xDHrnC4aVX6XnnuYUd3rB72jPjWp0ERSRBKsxUsYSvT4HPma16Oi8-WdU4PAYzz_bXixFrehPc/s1600/photo(4).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">Happy to have a crop of tomatoes in February <img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg04jz6eK2akyWc_WQVsX5vzWXZvgHBOjbAcKBigu8qCQS2v7E5gty8ywlYPjUmUXQH1xDHrnC4aVX6XnnuYUd3rB72jPjWp0ERSRBKsxUsYSvT4HPma16Oi8-WdU4PAYzz_bXixFrehPc/s320/photo(4).JPG" width="239" /></a></div><br />
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</tbody></table>Kim Burkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329548876386117470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1287214901962137993.post-58354597966762319372011-06-26T15:18:00.000-07:002011-06-26T16:34:03.325-07:00Porch Pesto<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Greens grown in the garden include: Rosemary, Basil, Oregano, Cilantro, and Parsley.<br />
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Add Olive Oil to taste to chopped ingredients<br />
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Let it soak for a day or two for best medley of flavors. Done!<br />
On this day I ate the combination on the spot tossed with thin spagetti and grated parm cheese.<br />
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From seedling to two fully visible fruits on the vines. More flowers are blooming and the hope is for a healthy crop of wholeness. Heard a man brag how his mom ate organic fruits and veggies she grew her self and lived to be 95. Hooray . Definatley a motivator to get to planting. I have a bag of carrot seeds i will put in dirt next. Today is going to be a rainy stormy day in Orlando. The rains will bring a cold front behind it that will make our morning temps in the forties??? yeah that is what the weather sources are warning. <div>No fear i will plant when the mood hits. </div>Kim Burkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329548876386117470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1287214901962137993.post-28843410518434469992009-02-25T09:11:00.000-08:002009-02-25T09:16:03.019-08:00Saving the planet and Money mean Green to meMy quest to go green is in two areas that will soon be easily cross referenced. <br /><br />Fiscal Thinking<br />Planet Preservation<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Both of the above will be further explored in this blog.Kim Burkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329548876386117470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1287214901962137993.post-90765991677774407582009-02-24T12:23:00.000-08:002009-02-24T12:26:23.655-08:00Break in my strideTemp but not a loss. I continue to keep green a priority. Have fallen off the wagon some and forget my bag when i go to the grocery store. Drink from bottled water? Choices need to be made. Decisions to be kinder to the earth. To share and preserve the land , water, and trees, so future generations of plants, animals and resources are abundant. <br /> Today i can start again.Kim Burkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329548876386117470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1287214901962137993.post-63861844051830554072008-10-20T11:58:00.000-07:002008-10-20T11:59:20.840-07:00Bike to work could mean green for your employers and youThanks Doug...Doug found this on the OrlandoSentinel.com blog<br /><br /><br />New tax law gives bicyclists credit up to $20 per month!<br />posted by Liam Miller on Oct 14, 2008 5:42:00 PM<br />Discuss This: Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) | Linking Blogs | Add to del.icio.us | Digg it<br />By Tony Bizjak<br /> McClatchy Newspapers<br /> (MCT)<br /> SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Bicycle commuters, Congress has your back.<br /> Buried deep in the federal Emergency Economic Stabilization Act — the $700 billion Wall Street bailout — is an unexpected boost for the greenest of commuters:<br /> With a tax-code change, beginning in January, companies can give up to $20 a month to workers who pedal to work. It would be tax free to cycling commuters, and a tax write-off for employers.<br /> Riders would use the subsidy to defray commute costs, such as bike tires or lights, helmets or rental fees for bike lockers at work.<br /> The author, Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., said cyclists deserve a subsidy — albeit small — like the handouts some companies offer commuters who use transit or carpools, and even car drivers for parking costs.<br /> “We shouldn't discriminate against people who burn calories instead of fossil fuel,” said Blumenauer, who bikes daily to his congressional office.<br /> Blumenauer, ironically, voted against his own bill this month because it was inserted at the last minute with other energy measures into the mammoth bailout package, which he opposed.<br /> “It's frustrating,” he said.<br /> Sacramento cyclists, however, pronounced it good news.<br /> “It's about time,” said Walt Seifert of Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates. “I hope employers jump on the chance to offer it.”<br /> Employers who offer a subsidy can determine who qualifies and how much they should get.<br /> Several cyclists joked they'd use it to buy alternative fuel — Starbucks coffee.<br /> “Hey, it's replacing the calories I burn,” said Phil Vulliet, an engineer with Mark Thomas and Co. in Sacramento, Calif.<br /> Mega-rider Carlos Casillas, who rides “rain or shine” between Davis, Calif., and work downtown, figures he could save three months' worth and buy “some rubber.” Good bike tires cost up to $60, but last only 3,000 miles. Casillas rode that much last May alone, during the region's annual bike mileage competition.<br /> Census data from 2007 show that just 1.8 percent of Sacramento commuters ride bikes to work, although riders say they are seeing more cyclists on the streets this year because of higher gas prices.<br /> Advocate Seifert and others say the federal subsidy serves as a statement that cyclists are equal members of Sacramento's commute society.<br /> But Marilyn Bryant, a downtown transportation coordinator for businesses, said it may take some time before government agencies offer the subsidies because many of their employee benefits are part of negotiated union contracts.<br /> Jack Paddon, a principal with Williams + Paddon Architects + Planners in Roseville, Calif., said it's something his company would consider.<br /> “It's not a huge incentive,” he said. “But it could be one of those enhancements to get more folks to consider bicycles as a commuting option.”<br /> As the bike commuting population grows, however, employers face new expenses, including providing bike parking, showers and even company cars for meetings.<br /> One bike commuter, J.J. Hurley, says the federal subsidy idea is great, but he doesn't need it.<br /> His employer, the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, already offers employees $4.25 to spend as they please every day they ride a bike to work. It matches the transit incentive the agency offers employees.<br /> “It's a cool subsidy,” Hurley said. Plus, it makes sense for him. “I work in land use. I have to practice what I preach.”Kim Burkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329548876386117470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1287214901962137993.post-7273372626135406762008-10-06T12:32:00.000-07:002008-10-06T12:33:37.326-07:00Keeping the junk out of my trunkA good way to save gas is to keep your car trunk free of excess weight.Kim Burkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329548876386117470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1287214901962137993.post-10438913055929766392008-09-28T12:33:00.001-07:002008-09-28T12:36:32.889-07:00Recycling back in my routineThe place i reside offers convenient recepticals for glass, newspaper, and plastic to be recycled. <br />Happy to be incorporating the extra steps to get the trash cleaned and sorted for reuse.Kim Burkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329548876386117470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1287214901962137993.post-19163112571079957612008-09-27T10:43:00.000-07:002008-09-27T10:45:44.979-07:00Did i tell you we bought a scooter????The Flyscooter is a jazzy little yellow number with a peppy little step. <br />Doug and i have both enjoyed our trips to the store and exursions to the surrounding lakes in the city for windows of nature. <br />Seems to be clocking 90 miles to the gallon. What Yes LOVING IT!Kim Burkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329548876386117470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1287214901962137993.post-2028943655140350802008-09-16T08:26:00.001-07:002008-09-16T08:34:05.752-07:00Saving energy by Line Drying my clothesSaving energy and lengthening the life of my clothes i have been told comes with the practice of line drying my clothes. My mom use to make a ritual of line drying clothes early in the summer mornings and we would switch loads from washer to line in between sunning on the deck and dipps in the pool. By lunch laundry was done and our sun and fun time taken. Taking up the practice again in my adult hood has been a memorable experience. Yes it takes more time and Yes towels and socks feel better out of a hot dryer. All around the line drying brings me more happiness than fluffy towels do right now.Kim Burkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329548876386117470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1287214901962137993.post-37245675580239032992008-08-27T09:24:00.000-07:002008-08-27T09:30:22.656-07:00Liquid LeashJust one of the buzzable phrases pitched out at the DNC last night. Our dependance on forgein oil is a liquid leash. <br />Creating new power sources creates jobs, industry, and future existance on this planet. Drilling for oil will be short lived. The sources will dry up some day. Let's use the resources of this country to create the brightest scientists, chemist, engineers, oceanographers, inventors, making America a leader in global healing.Kim Burkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329548876386117470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1287214901962137993.post-61335632508987245632008-08-26T08:02:00.001-07:002008-08-26T08:09:30.333-07:00Broadway Garden updateThe garden has been started. Today i must take the time to weed the growth of the last week. Basil, chives, parsely are sprouting from their seeds. Hope the cleaning and fussing of their bed will help get the greens a growin. Tomato plants also planted. They are from seeds as well. Past gardening projects have been from a small plant. My first seed attempt was at the gloriosa garden where i succesfully had basil and watermelon produce from seeds. Today at the broadway garden i am witnessing the cantelope seeds i planted produce a healthy green plant. tomato and basil seeds have produced sprouts on my window sill with the use of clay pots.Kim Burkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329548876386117470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1287214901962137993.post-47048406075930651292008-08-15T11:32:00.000-07:002008-08-15T11:37:07.525-07:00Broadway GardenToday i will plant a garden @ the Broadway Studio. Hope to bring you updates and show my progress on the blog. <br /><br />Currently have a sprouting from cantelope seeds i potted.<br /><br />Tomato, Chives, Basil, Parsley will go in the ground next. <br /><br />I will also set up a wild flower box to add some color to my surroundings.Kim Burkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329548876386117470noreply@blogger.com0