Earth Day

In spite of my rants against (dishonest) Climate Hysteria, I am an environmentalist.  I strongly support legitimate environmental concerns for clean air, clean water and expansion of forests, parks and wilderness areas.

When we were designing neoTerra one of the goals was to reduce our energy consumption by 80%. 

Prior to adding our solar panels we achieved a reduction of 77%, proving that it is possible to make substantial reductions in energy consumption while sustaining a very comfortable lifestyle.  There is no need to give up hot showers, cold beer or live in a doghouse to save planet Earth!

America has abundant land and amazingly diverse climates.  There is no requirement to live in urban hives or accept  the Progressive's demand that we should own nothing and be happy. That is The  Road To Serfdom. 

I suggest that it's better to own land and be happy.
I suggest that its better to own land and take some responsibility for the environment.

The deer are abundant (much to the distress of my gardens), the Eastern Bluebirds returned in time for Easter and the hostas are sprouting.

We have more trillium than ever this year and, for the first time, we have a yellow trillium which is rare in our area.

The Mayapples are prolific this year.  I wish the deer would eat these instead of hostas, azaleas and hollies.... but they don't.  Mayapples are toxic (except for the tiny ripe fruit).  It has medicinal uses but is best left to professionals.  I suppose that's why the deer leave them alone.

HAPPY EARTH DAY !!