FEATURED NATURE

A collection of posts that about nature are featured on the blog. Ideas to help promote sustainability and lower your carbon footprint.

Growing Milkweed for the Monarch Butterfly

by Lisa LeCoump
October 18, 2021March 3, 2023

Monarch Populations are Declining, but Planting Milkweed Can Bring Them Back. It’s important to choose the right milkweed variety.

A Drought Tolerant Garden with a Fall Color Scheme

by Lisa LeCoump
October 16, 2021March 3, 2023

Planting with a color scheme made the garden look more about the colors and less about drought tolerance

Planting a Butterfly Garden

by Lisa LeCoump
July 22, 2021March 8, 2023

We are planting flowers to attract and benefit butterflies

Hummingbirds at the UCSC Santa Cruz Arboretum

by Lisa LeCoump
August 14, 2020February 23, 2023

Photos of hummingbirds at the UCSC Santa Cruz Arboretum.

“While traveling the world and looking for the best ingredients, we found that many producers who care about quality also care about sustainability. We discovered that by choosing the best ingredients we had reduced our carbon footprint. A few more changes, and we cut our carbon footprint in half! Then we realized that if everyone did this, it would have a big effect on climate change. Little changes add up to something big. Little things matter. We could save the world, one cookie at a time.”

Professional Photographer - Food Photographer, Wedding Photographer. Lisa was previously the Deputy Agricultural Commissioner, responsible for reviewing and enforcing organic regulations and Environmental Protection Agency pesticide use regulations. She also worked for years as an Agricultural Advisor in California, a farmer in California, and an Agricultural Extension Agent in Thailand. She received a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from California State University, Chico and studied Integrated Pest Management at U.C., Davis, which involved farming methods that preserve the environment.