Can you guess where I was?

If you guessed the Williamson County Landfill, you are correct! I got to take a tour of it on Friday as part of the Environmental Leaders class I took earlier in the spring. It's a really neat place! I was warned of rattlesnakes before I went, but didn't see or hear any while I was there. When you drive up you have no idea its a landfill. They don't take household waste, so its not stinky like you'd think. They do some pretty incredible things there that are sustainable and earth-friendly. In fact, I think he said they've had 24 different countries come to see what they do. The people from China stayed a week to study the place.

Below is a pile of ground up houses.

Lewis, who runs the place is a genious! He knows trash and had some pretty eye-opening stats to share. Did you know that Williamson County produces 2x the national average of waste?

Just one of the fun things I get to do at work!

In garden news, the plants are going nuts. We've been able to eat some broccoli and some lettuce. We may have some cauliflower and snow peas ready by the end of this week. Here's an updated picture at the request of Heather! And for the record, that's only about 1/3 of the garden!

April Showers Bring May Flooding...

We've had quite a bit of rain so far this month! So far the garden is liking it! This picture was taken of the cauliflower, cabbage, and broccoli on April 25th...

Ten days and four inches of rain later...

We had a CRAZY thunderstorm this morning and got close to another inch of rain. The 5.08" is total since May 1st.

The sun is out now, but they say more storms are on the way. Fortunately, none like the tornado-filled ones we had in April!

Eight down, one to go...

Spring is a busy time in the life of an environmental nonprofit! I have participated in eight events since March 31st and have one more to go next week. So far! This weekend we participated in the Nashville Asthma Walk on Saturday! It rained.

Not sure if you can see it in the picture, but everything at our booth was soaking wet. It rained (hard!) from the time we got there at 7:15am until about 9am. I ended up throwing away some of our stuff.

I stopped for a brief minute to get my picture taken with Snow Bird. He's the Channel 4 weather mascot. Honestly, I just wanted to be under a tent for a minute.

The walk was at the Nashville Zoo. So after standing in the rain for almost two hours, it let up and we walked three miles through the zoo. This giraffe is as close as he looks... no zooming in! He came right up to us! He kept looking at the ditch between us and him and seemed to want to cross! He never quite figured it out though.

Jeff got me a gift card to Blue River Canyon Day Spa for my birthday that I've been saving. So eight events down, one to go on May 14th... massage will be schedule for May 16th! Packing, loading up, and breaking down these booths have worn me out!