Erosion Control Tip 5: Use Permeable Pavers to Save the Bay
We actually had a couple of people recently comment on our river rock graveled driveway. “Thanks for saving the Bay!” they shouted from the street. Use Permeable Pavers. Remember that less is more when...
View ArticlePelicans on the Pilings
Hubs got these great captures today – some brown pelicans resting on pilings in Maryland’s Eastern Bay, a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. We see them here all year, but this is the first...
View ArticleSustainability at Sea
Nick Rahaim at Outside-In recently posted an interesting firsthand account of commercial fishermen faced with scarcity at sea. Image courtesy the New England Post The cook on a commercial boat fishing...
View ArticleGo On, Make My Mother’s Day … Vote for Me!
Great news: The Eastern Bay has just been nominated as a top eco-friendly Mom Blog on Circle of Moms! If you haven’t already, can you please take a sec to vote for us by clicking here? When you go to...
View ArticleGarden Salad
Organic gardening was never something I imagined I’d “do.” But LOOK at our salad patch, already! (Could not resist taking photos last evening – has been growing at a good clip for the past few weeks)....
View ArticleFirst Fish
Rockfish season just opened here on the Chesapeake Bay, and we’ve officially caught our first fish. The photo above came through on my phone, along with some stats – “a 38-incher, 22#!” The kids and I...
View ArticleChesapeake Bay Crab Numbers Take a Dive
We caught & enjoyed these beauties – all males, check their claws – in May this year. When I posted the photo above on Facebook last week, one of my friends emphatically asked: “5″ point to point...
View ArticleAll Natural Home Remedies for Mosquito Bites
Over the holiday weekend, we got our first few mosquito bites of the season. Mosquitoes don’t bother us too much on the water side of our house where it’s breezy, but on the street side they range from...
View ArticleGreen Moms Network Natural Challenge Blog Carnival: Meatless Mondays
Welcome to the June 2013 Natural Living Blog Carnival: A Natural Challenge. This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Natural Living Blog Carnival hosted by Happy Mothering and The Pistachio...
View ArticleKent Fort Farm Peachfest is Saturday August 3
Wow – time really flies. Here’s us at Kent Fort Farm Peachfest just last year, one of the best summer events on Kent Island IMHO. August 2012: ,,, and here we are this year at Kent Fort Farm, picking...
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