The Oakwood Inn Bed & Breakfast will be joining the Neuse Riverkeeper Foundation. After listening to a presentation on Friday, September 10 at the Seaboard Station in Raleigh, Doris and I decided that it was an important cause that the Oakwood Inn B & B should support. It is aligned with our position on sustainability and protecting our finite valuable resources. Along with our other “Go Green” policies, we believe that we can help this wonderful cause. Check out their website and join. http://www.neuseriver.org/
OAKWOOD INN B & B's ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY - Going Green
Go Green! Sustainability. Eco-friendly. The Oakwood Inn Bed & Breakfast has been environmentally responsible since before Doris and I purchased the Inn in September of 2001. We have always been conservative in our use of natural resources because we know that they are a finite supply and if not used efficiently and effectively, will eventually run out. We ask our guests to please join us and help us be GREEN by being mindful of Mother Nature’s Resource supplies.
Below are many of the things we do at the Oakwood Inn B & B to be GREEN. About a third of which were done in the 1990’s by previous owners of the Inn.
1. Recycle
We participate in the City Recycling program for cans. Plastic, and paper goods.
2. We encourage our guest to also participate by using the same towels and bedding when staying for more than one night. We also use a front load high efficiency wash machine to reduce water usage.
3. We have low flow shower heads.
4. We turn off the room fireplace during warmer months typically from April to November to save fossil fuels.
5. We have programmable thermostats for our three furnaces/air conditioners. The furnaces are high efficiency. Two of the A/C units were replaced in the last 3 years so they are a SHEER 12 & 14 value.
6. We adhere to the City of Raleigh’s water restriction plan regarding lawn and flower watering.
7. We re-use the plastic shopping bags and return many to the store. We also use cloth shopping bags which are reusable.
8. We use foods from local growers whenever possible. (State Farmers Market)
9. Any water left in the guest room pitchers is used to water indoor and outdoor potted flowers.
10. We encourage our guests to walk or use a bicycle rickshaw when going to downtown’s restaurants, attractions, and interests. Raleigh Rickshaw is the name of the bicycle rickshaw service. Check out their website: www.raleighrickshaw.com
11. If needed the guests can take a free daily bus service that is provided by hybrid busses. The hybrids cut fuel consumption.
12. We only have one copy of the local newspaper and USA Today which cuts down on duplicate copies for each guest room which reduces excessive waste. We offer free WiFi so you can read your news online with no extra fees added to your bill.
13. We planted our own vegetable and fruit garden for the Inn. Any excess amounts that we can not use will be taken to Logan Trading Co (Logan’s Nursery) who in turn will donate to the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle which help feed families in need.
In addition, we will be using worms to turn most of our organic garbage into worm castings (manure) which is a natural and efficient fertilizer for the vegetable and flower gardens as well as our lawn. All natural.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Upcoming Things To Do In Raleigh
Stay out late and stay a night at The Oakwood Inn Bed & Breakfast. Make a date of it!
Goodnights Comedy Club
Below are some Comics coming into Raleigh. Check out Goodnights website for more details.
http://www.goodnightscomedy.com
Andy Kindler
Thursday, September 16 - Sunday, September 19
• Celebrity Judge on NBC's Last Comic Standing
• CBS’s “Late Show with David Letterman”
• "The Daily Show" and “Everybody Loves Raymond”
• Ubiquitous host of Comedy Central
Ben Bailey
Thursday, September 23 - Saturday, September 25
• Discovery Channel's "Cash Cab"
• Comedy Central Presents
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• Last Call with Carson Daley
With Special Guest, Mike Stankiewicz
Jim Norton
Thursday, Sept. 30 - Saturday, Oct. 2
• HBO's 'Down and Dirty with Jim Norton'
• CBS' 'The Late Show with David Letterman' and NBC's 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'
• 'Opie & Anthony Radio Show'
Triangle Segway Tours
TOURS: Triangle Segway's guided Segway tours will get you up close to Raleigh’s points of interest, and unlike a walking tour, you'll be able to cover much more ground as you "glide" from place to place. The tours are fully narrated too, so you'll learn lots of interesting facts and stories about Raleigh's history.
Just Google Triangle Segway Tours in Raleigh. Check out the website.
Goodnights Comedy Club
Below are some Comics coming into Raleigh. Check out Goodnights website for more details.
http://www.goodnightscomedy.com
Andy Kindler
Thursday, September 16 - Sunday, September 19
• Celebrity Judge on NBC's Last Comic Standing
• CBS’s “Late Show with David Letterman”
• "The Daily Show" and “Everybody Loves Raymond”
• Ubiquitous host of Comedy Central
Ben Bailey
Thursday, September 23 - Saturday, September 25
• Discovery Channel's "Cash Cab"
• Comedy Central Presents
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• Last Call with Carson Daley
With Special Guest, Mike Stankiewicz
Jim Norton
Thursday, Sept. 30 - Saturday, Oct. 2
• HBO's 'Down and Dirty with Jim Norton'
• CBS' 'The Late Show with David Letterman' and NBC's 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'
• 'Opie & Anthony Radio Show'
Triangle Segway Tours
TOURS: Triangle Segway's guided Segway tours will get you up close to Raleigh’s points of interest, and unlike a walking tour, you'll be able to cover much more ground as you "glide" from place to place. The tours are fully narrated too, so you'll learn lots of interesting facts and stories about Raleigh's history.
Just Google Triangle Segway Tours in Raleigh. Check out the website.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Summer of 2010
Well for most people they'll have about one more month of summer... a very hot summer. Ours down in Raleigh was pretty hot but we did have a few days of relief which helped get the vegetable garden growing. Business has been good since March 2010, with August slacking off a bit. I guess a lot of vacationers going to the beach, or Europe since the dollar is doing better against the Euro.
The North Carolina Museum of History is hosting the Thomas Day exhibit which began in May 2010 and will run for one year. It is free. On September 12, the museum will open a George Washington exhibit: "Discover the Real George Washington: New Views From Mount Vernon." This exhibit is free for ages 18 and under. The fee is $10 for 19 years and up. Check out their website at www.ncmuseumofhistory.org. The Museum of Natural Science is right next to it and then there is the Little Raleigh Museum on Fayetteville Street which has interesting facts about the history of Raleigh. Book a night or two with The Oakwood Inn Bed & Breakfast and you can walk... yes walk to all of these fine attractions. Check out our Facebook page for a special that we are running.
Also for you theatre nuts... Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy are now happening! The theatre is run by actress Lauren Kennedy who has done Broadway theatre and film, and her husband Tony Award nominated actor Alan Campbell. More on this in another post.
Come to Raleigh for a variety of things to do and see. Forget the heat... don't let it stop you from having fun.... all of these places have air conditioning!
Gary
The North Carolina Museum of History is hosting the Thomas Day exhibit which began in May 2010 and will run for one year. It is free. On September 12, the museum will open a George Washington exhibit: "Discover the Real George Washington: New Views From Mount Vernon." This exhibit is free for ages 18 and under. The fee is $10 for 19 years and up. Check out their website at www.ncmuseumofhistory.org. The Museum of Natural Science is right next to it and then there is the Little Raleigh Museum on Fayetteville Street which has interesting facts about the history of Raleigh. Book a night or two with The Oakwood Inn Bed & Breakfast and you can walk... yes walk to all of these fine attractions. Check out our Facebook page for a special that we are running.
Also for you theatre nuts... Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy are now happening! The theatre is run by actress Lauren Kennedy who has done Broadway theatre and film, and her husband Tony Award nominated actor Alan Campbell. More on this in another post.
Come to Raleigh for a variety of things to do and see. Forget the heat... don't let it stop you from having fun.... all of these places have air conditioning!
Gary
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
FACEBOOK WELCOMES OAKWOOD INN BED & BREAKFAST
The Oakwood Inn Bed & Breakfast of Raleigh, North Carolina is got a new, well designed, and informative Facebook page. Check it out and also check out the website www.oakwoodinnbb.com.
We were approached by Main Street Host about redesigning our website to link to a Facebook and Twitter accounts. They are also going to assist us with our SEO for the website. Just today I read an article in the business section of The News & Observer stated that "Email No Longer the Hipster... Social networks top traditional." It says that Americans spend one third of their time on social networks! It says that time spent on traditional e-mail and portals like Yahoo have declined.
If we all keep spending so much time developing relationships and connections through all of these social and business networks, we may be able to connect to anyone in the world at anytime and without the use of a phone.... except for texting.
It's supposed to be a great marketing tool for people and businesses. We've always tracked how our guests have found us, so it will be interesting to seeing how powerful the social networks will be in funneling business to us.
I've been on LinkedIn with the Inn attached to my name since December 2009, and it has not brought any business or potential business to us. It will be interesting to see what the social network does as proclaimed by all the new marketing gurus. Personally, I think they maybe correct, but time will tell if the numbers show it.
We were approached by Main Street Host about redesigning our website to link to a Facebook and Twitter accounts. They are also going to assist us with our SEO for the website. Just today I read an article in the business section of The News & Observer stated that "Email No Longer the Hipster... Social networks top traditional." It says that Americans spend one third of their time on social networks! It says that time spent on traditional e-mail and portals like Yahoo have declined.
If we all keep spending so much time developing relationships and connections through all of these social and business networks, we may be able to connect to anyone in the world at anytime and without the use of a phone.... except for texting.
It's supposed to be a great marketing tool for people and businesses. We've always tracked how our guests have found us, so it will be interesting to seeing how powerful the social networks will be in funneling business to us.
I've been on LinkedIn with the Inn attached to my name since December 2009, and it has not brought any business or potential business to us. It will be interesting to see what the social network does as proclaimed by all the new marketing gurus. Personally, I think they maybe correct, but time will tell if the numbers show it.
Friday, June 11, 2010
25 YEARS & COUNTING... NOW 26!! A Story for you.
The year 2009 was a big year for the Oakwood Inn Bed & Breakfast of Raleigh, North Carolina. On June 2, 2009 the Inn celebrated its 25th year anniversary operating as a bed and breakfast. It was a proud day for Gary and Doris Jurkiewicz who are the current owners/innkeepers. Also on September 1, 2009, Doris and Gary Jurkiewicz celebrated eight years at being innkeepers of Raleigh’s first B & B. They are also the innkeepers with the longest tenure at the Inn. Prior to Doris and Gary all the other innkeepers averaged about 4 years and there were 4 sets of different innkeepers prior to them.
What made them hang on the longest? “A variety of reasons,” says Gary. “We purchased the Inn on September 1, 2001. Ten days later we got hit with 9/11. That was a real shocker. Occupancy tumbled. Soon afterwards, our weekends were basically full, but we lost all of our weekday business which happens to be corporate travelers.” Gary and Doris hung on for about six months, and then Gary went to work part-time as a relief pharmacist. He did that a couple of years for the extra money and health insurance, until things came back to reasonable occupancy levels.
“It never came back to what the previous owners supposedly had, but enough for us to see the potential in this place,“ says Doris. “I’ve always believed in the Inn and Raleigh as a very positive thing that has come across in our lives. We have experienced ups and downs, but overall I wouldn’t trade where we are in our lives with anything else.”
Over the next couple of years, the Inn’s business increased until the economic crisis hit Raleigh in 2008. In September of that year, the Inn hit bottom. The Oakwood Inn along with every other business saw its numbers fall to levels much lower than after 9/11. “After 9/11 people were afraid to travel but had the money and means,” Gary recalls, “but this new economic crisis had people looking at their retirement plans and wondering how to pay for vacations and travel.”
Doris is confident about Raleigh bouncing back. “We have all ready seen a huge upswing in our occupancy since March 2010,” she says, “and it’s still going fairly strong.” “It’s a shame that the economy collapsed in 2008, because 2009 was the 25th year anniversary of the Inn and we were hoping for a banner year. Even though the numbers were down for 2009, we had a wonderful, uplifting moment in May.”
On May 28, 2009 a memorable reunion was held at the Oakwood Inn Bed & Breakfast between the original first guests of the inn and the original Innkeepers from 25 years ago. Paul and Jean Higgins were the first guests that stayed at the Inn when it first opened on June 2, 1984. They were driving down from Virginia to see the son at Fort Bragg and stopped at a visitor center just into the North Carolina border. They asked the visitor center staff if there were any B & Bs in Raleigh. They told them that they just received information that one just opened that weekend. Paul and Jean continued on to Raleigh and registered as the first guests at the Inn.
“There must be a lucky aura about the house,” Gary said. “On the 25 of May 2009, I received a call.” The caller wanted a room for May 28. “Not a problem,” Gary replied. And then the conversation became intriguing.
“Well, we’d like a room on the second floor, however, is the Polk room available.”
“Yes, it is,” Gary replied.
“That is the one my husband and I stayed in 25 years ago. We were the first guests that stayed at the Inn.”
Yeah, right, Gary thought. Skeptical… you bet! “Oh really, and when was that?”
“June second, I believe, it was the first weekend of June.”
This is a possibility, Gary thought to himself. He had an article that was printed in the Raleigh Times May 29, 1984 edition which talked about the Grand Opening of the Oakwood Inn Bed and Breakfast which also provided some information about the first guests that would be staying at the Inn that opening day in June. He asked a few more questions, and decided that Jean and Paul, must be the original guests. Gary then promptly called four of the original five innkeepers who still live in Raleigh. He asked if they could come to the inn on Thursday and have a little reunion; three of them agreed to come.
The Innkeepers in 1984 were Oakley and Donna Herring, Chris Yetter and Steve Zamparelli, and Donna’s mother, Olive Colman. Back on that momentous June day, Oakley and Donna were there to greet the couple at the Oakwood Inn B & B.
“They were standing on the porch waiting for us to arrive back then,” Jean Higgins recalled.
Twenty five years later on May 28, 2009, Chris Yetter, Oakley and Donna Herring again welcomed Paul and Jean to the Oakwood Inn, along with the current innkeeper Doris Jurkiewicz. As soon as they all saw each other, they recognized each other, and June 2, 1984 was reborn once again. Hand shakes and warm greetings were exchanged. Doris learned how Donna made dinner and asked for Paul and Jean to join her and Oakley. Later, Doris took everyone on a tour of the Inn which again had Innkeepers sharing stories from back when the Inn first opened. After an hour or so of reminiscing, Paul opened a bottle of champagne which he brought to celebrate the occasion.
In 1985 Chris Yetter began soliciting potential members to form a North Carolina Bed & Breakfast Association which organized in 1986 with Chris Yetter as its first president and the Oakwood Inn was one of thirty charter inns of the association. Oakley said that after they sold the inn in 1987, he didn’t think the new owners would be able to make it work. Business was bad and the Inn not profitable. The Inn changed hands three more times before being sold to Doris and Gary Jurkiewicz in September 2001.
When you realize that many B & Bs are just people’s homes that are rented out to strangers, and many innkeepers just seem to handle the pressure for about 4-7 years. Many B & Bs, close down or return back to personal residences after a short run. Those that run longer maybe go about 10-15.
“For a bed and breakfast to stay in business this long is quite an accomplishment. Innkeeping can be a tough, yet rewarding business. The folks who have been running The Oakwood Inn must be doing it right, obviously having been rewarded by a constant flow of loyal customers for a quarter-century,” said Jay Karen, President & CEO of Professional Association of Innkeepers International.
The Oakwood Inn has made it this far. Hopefully it will go on to see its 50th golden anniversary. Doris and Gary hope they will be there to see that accomplishment and doubt will be the innkeepers, but they’ll have the glowing pride that Chris, Donna, and Oakley had on May 28, 2009.
What made them hang on the longest? “A variety of reasons,” says Gary. “We purchased the Inn on September 1, 2001. Ten days later we got hit with 9/11. That was a real shocker. Occupancy tumbled. Soon afterwards, our weekends were basically full, but we lost all of our weekday business which happens to be corporate travelers.” Gary and Doris hung on for about six months, and then Gary went to work part-time as a relief pharmacist. He did that a couple of years for the extra money and health insurance, until things came back to reasonable occupancy levels.
“It never came back to what the previous owners supposedly had, but enough for us to see the potential in this place,“ says Doris. “I’ve always believed in the Inn and Raleigh as a very positive thing that has come across in our lives. We have experienced ups and downs, but overall I wouldn’t trade where we are in our lives with anything else.”
Over the next couple of years, the Inn’s business increased until the economic crisis hit Raleigh in 2008. In September of that year, the Inn hit bottom. The Oakwood Inn along with every other business saw its numbers fall to levels much lower than after 9/11. “After 9/11 people were afraid to travel but had the money and means,” Gary recalls, “but this new economic crisis had people looking at their retirement plans and wondering how to pay for vacations and travel.”
Doris is confident about Raleigh bouncing back. “We have all ready seen a huge upswing in our occupancy since March 2010,” she says, “and it’s still going fairly strong.” “It’s a shame that the economy collapsed in 2008, because 2009 was the 25th year anniversary of the Inn and we were hoping for a banner year. Even though the numbers were down for 2009, we had a wonderful, uplifting moment in May.”
On May 28, 2009 a memorable reunion was held at the Oakwood Inn Bed & Breakfast between the original first guests of the inn and the original Innkeepers from 25 years ago. Paul and Jean Higgins were the first guests that stayed at the Inn when it first opened on June 2, 1984. They were driving down from Virginia to see the son at Fort Bragg and stopped at a visitor center just into the North Carolina border. They asked the visitor center staff if there were any B & Bs in Raleigh. They told them that they just received information that one just opened that weekend. Paul and Jean continued on to Raleigh and registered as the first guests at the Inn.
“There must be a lucky aura about the house,” Gary said. “On the 25 of May 2009, I received a call.” The caller wanted a room for May 28. “Not a problem,” Gary replied. And then the conversation became intriguing.
“Well, we’d like a room on the second floor, however, is the Polk room available.”
“Yes, it is,” Gary replied.
“That is the one my husband and I stayed in 25 years ago. We were the first guests that stayed at the Inn.”
Yeah, right, Gary thought. Skeptical… you bet! “Oh really, and when was that?”
“June second, I believe, it was the first weekend of June.”
This is a possibility, Gary thought to himself. He had an article that was printed in the Raleigh Times May 29, 1984 edition which talked about the Grand Opening of the Oakwood Inn Bed and Breakfast which also provided some information about the first guests that would be staying at the Inn that opening day in June. He asked a few more questions, and decided that Jean and Paul, must be the original guests. Gary then promptly called four of the original five innkeepers who still live in Raleigh. He asked if they could come to the inn on Thursday and have a little reunion; three of them agreed to come.
The Innkeepers in 1984 were Oakley and Donna Herring, Chris Yetter and Steve Zamparelli, and Donna’s mother, Olive Colman. Back on that momentous June day, Oakley and Donna were there to greet the couple at the Oakwood Inn B & B.
“They were standing on the porch waiting for us to arrive back then,” Jean Higgins recalled.
Twenty five years later on May 28, 2009, Chris Yetter, Oakley and Donna Herring again welcomed Paul and Jean to the Oakwood Inn, along with the current innkeeper Doris Jurkiewicz. As soon as they all saw each other, they recognized each other, and June 2, 1984 was reborn once again. Hand shakes and warm greetings were exchanged. Doris learned how Donna made dinner and asked for Paul and Jean to join her and Oakley. Later, Doris took everyone on a tour of the Inn which again had Innkeepers sharing stories from back when the Inn first opened. After an hour or so of reminiscing, Paul opened a bottle of champagne which he brought to celebrate the occasion.
In 1985 Chris Yetter began soliciting potential members to form a North Carolina Bed & Breakfast Association which organized in 1986 with Chris Yetter as its first president and the Oakwood Inn was one of thirty charter inns of the association. Oakley said that after they sold the inn in 1987, he didn’t think the new owners would be able to make it work. Business was bad and the Inn not profitable. The Inn changed hands three more times before being sold to Doris and Gary Jurkiewicz in September 2001.
When you realize that many B & Bs are just people’s homes that are rented out to strangers, and many innkeepers just seem to handle the pressure for about 4-7 years. Many B & Bs, close down or return back to personal residences after a short run. Those that run longer maybe go about 10-15.
“For a bed and breakfast to stay in business this long is quite an accomplishment. Innkeeping can be a tough, yet rewarding business. The folks who have been running The Oakwood Inn must be doing it right, obviously having been rewarded by a constant flow of loyal customers for a quarter-century,” said Jay Karen, President & CEO of Professional Association of Innkeepers International.
The Oakwood Inn has made it this far. Hopefully it will go on to see its 50th golden anniversary. Doris and Gary hope they will be there to see that accomplishment and doubt will be the innkeepers, but they’ll have the glowing pride that Chris, Donna, and Oakley had on May 28, 2009.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
OAKWOOD INN B & B's ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY - Going Green
Go Green! Sustainability. Eco-friendly. The Oakwood Inn Bed & Breakfast has been environmentally responsible since before Doris and I purchased the Inn in September of 2001. We have always been conservative in our use of natural resources because we know that they are a finite supply and if not used efficiently and effectively, will eventually run out. We ask our guests to please join us and help us be GREEN by being mindful of Mother Nature’s Resource supplies.
Below are many of the things we do at the Oakwood Inn B & B to be GREEN. About a third of which were done in the 1990’s by previous owners of the Inn.
1. Recycle
We participate in the City Recycling program for cans. Plastic, and paper goods.
2. We encourage our guest to also participate by using the same towels and bedding when staying for more than one night. We also use a front load high efficiency wash machine to reduce water usage.
3. We have low flow shower heads.
4. We turn off the room fireplace during warmer months typically from April to November to save fossil fuels.
5. We have programmable thermostats for our three furnaces/air conditioners. The furnaces are high efficiency. Two of the A/C units were replaced in the last 3 years so they are a SHEER 12 & 14 value.
6. We adhere to the City of Raleigh’s water restriction plan regarding lawn and flower watering.
7. We re-use the plastic shopping bags and return many to the store. We also use cloth shopping bags which are reusable.
8. We use foods from local growers whenever possible. (State Farmers Market)
9. Any water left in the guest room pitchers is used to water indoor and outdoor potted flowers.
10. We encourage our guests to walk or use a bicycle rickshaw when going to downtown’s restaurants, attractions, and interests. Raleigh Rickshaw is the name of the bicycle rickshaw service. Check out their website: www.raleighrickshaw.com
11. If needed the guests can take a free daily bus service that is provided by hybrid busses. The hybrids cut fuel consumption.
12. We only have one copy of the local newspaper and USA Today which cuts down on duplicate copies for each guest room which reduces excessive waste. We offer free WiFi so you can read your news online with no extra fees added to your bill.
13. We planted our own vegetable and fruit garden for the Inn. Any excess amounts that we can not use will be taken to Logan Trading Co (Logan’s Nursery) who in turn will donate to the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle which help feed families in need.
In addition, we will be using worms to turn most of our organic garbage into worm castings (manure) which is a natural and efficient fertilizer for the vegetable and flower gardens as well as our lawn. All natural.
Below are many of the things we do at the Oakwood Inn B & B to be GREEN. About a third of which were done in the 1990’s by previous owners of the Inn.
1. Recycle
We participate in the City Recycling program for cans. Plastic, and paper goods.
2. We encourage our guest to also participate by using the same towels and bedding when staying for more than one night. We also use a front load high efficiency wash machine to reduce water usage.
3. We have low flow shower heads.
4. We turn off the room fireplace during warmer months typically from April to November to save fossil fuels.
5. We have programmable thermostats for our three furnaces/air conditioners. The furnaces are high efficiency. Two of the A/C units were replaced in the last 3 years so they are a SHEER 12 & 14 value.
6. We adhere to the City of Raleigh’s water restriction plan regarding lawn and flower watering.
7. We re-use the plastic shopping bags and return many to the store. We also use cloth shopping bags which are reusable.
8. We use foods from local growers whenever possible. (State Farmers Market)
9. Any water left in the guest room pitchers is used to water indoor and outdoor potted flowers.
10. We encourage our guests to walk or use a bicycle rickshaw when going to downtown’s restaurants, attractions, and interests. Raleigh Rickshaw is the name of the bicycle rickshaw service. Check out their website: www.raleighrickshaw.com
11. If needed the guests can take a free daily bus service that is provided by hybrid busses. The hybrids cut fuel consumption.
12. We only have one copy of the local newspaper and USA Today which cuts down on duplicate copies for each guest room which reduces excessive waste. We offer free WiFi so you can read your news online with no extra fees added to your bill.
13. We planted our own vegetable and fruit garden for the Inn. Any excess amounts that we can not use will be taken to Logan Trading Co (Logan’s Nursery) who in turn will donate to the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle which help feed families in need.
In addition, we will be using worms to turn most of our organic garbage into worm castings (manure) which is a natural and efficient fertilizer for the vegetable and flower gardens as well as our lawn. All natural.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
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