Are you a fellow APLS hanging out in an orchard just across the Bluewater Bridge in Ontario, Canada? Or maybe you are an APLS ripening in the rolling hills of Ohio or a hearty Indiana APLS enjoying all the bounties farm country has to offer. You might very well be sweet Wisconsin or Minnesota APLS sending me all that lake effect snow November through April and boy, do my sons thank you for those snow days! Or, you could be a big city APLS from Illinois enjoying all the sophisticated Chicago fun. We all may be different kinds of APLS, but living here in the Great Lakes region we have so many of the same characteristics.Are you concerned about the rising water temperatures in the Great Lakes causing lake fish, critters, shore lines and plant life to change right before our very eyes? Are you looking for some innovative local food sources, like rice? Yes, you read that right, rice! It does exist right there in Michigan and Manoomin rice dates back to the original Native Americans. You might be looking for someone to commiserate with when the temperature is 10 below and your kids are stuck inside and you need to crank that furnace up just a smidge. Do you have a great green book or gadget you want to pass around? Well, then, you are in the right place!
If that all sounds good to you, maybe you might be interested in meeting a local APLS for coffee or planning a meet up. Hey, all those cool kids on the west coast are getting to know each other in the Northwest and in California, so let's not get left out and start something of our very own. Even if it means we'll be wearing mittens and scarves instead of flip flops and bathing suits. We will send those warm weather dwellers pictures of our lumpy and bundled up bodies so they can laugh and see how global warming affects us cold weather APLS.
I look forward to getting to meet each and every APLS growing right here in the Great Lakes region! Make sure to check back here on a regular basis (or add us to your blogroll) to see what's new or to find out who else has joined our group. There will be an updated list on the sidebar under our very own Great Lakes icon (designed just for us by a green superhero) to quickly tell you what's growing locally in our region on the APLS blog. I already know for a fact there is an APLS in Illinois that would love to show you the giant pumpkins growing in her neighborhood and I, for one, would love to borrow your dehydrator! So, do you want to swap recipes? Need to find a great green book? How about trading around a Kill-A-Watt or swapping some canning supplies? Well, let's do that and a have a bushel basket of fun while getting to know each other!
Email me at ecoburbanmom (at) gmail (dot) com to find out more, to be added to our regional group or check out my blog to find out about living in the 'burbs of Detroit and going green with four boys, two dogs and a husband. Leave me a comment right here and let's get this party started!
WELCOME Great Lakes APLS! We're so glad you're here!
37 comments:
Awesome! I look forward to the new blog roll. I'm a wannabe APLS living in Minnesota and look forward to finding discovering Midwestern APLS blogs.
PS the APLS logo on your personal blog doesn't link to the APLS blog :)
I'm so glad you've taken this on! I have a feeling the great lakes region is about to get wild and crazy! ;)
recovering procrastinator - wannabe is good enough for us! shall I add you to the bushel basket?
I look forward to connecting with other midwestern APLS.
I am having trouble with the APLS widget over on my wordpress blog. Did anyone else have trouble and what did they do to solve the problem?
I was going to add what I have tried but comments won't accept the html code for tags.
WELCOME to recovering procrastinator and Destabee!!
Recovering Procrastinator - great name!! And, thanks for the heads up on the APLS image, I need to change that now the APLS regional thing is up and running! Glad to have you here. My husband's family is from the St. Paul area, it's a great part of the country, I look forward to learning more about it! Also, if you want your email addy on my list of folks to contact for local events, shoot me an email and I will add ya!
Destabee - I'm on blogger, not wordpress, but I'm guessing someone around here can help you with the widget, I will check around. Also, would you like to be added to the big Bushel Basket?
Yay! Like-minded "local" people to talk to. My family thinks I'm on a slippery slope to birkenstocks and living off the land. Like that would be so bad?
Throw me in the bushel basket, please.
eco 'burban mom,
Yes, please to add me to the Bushel Basket. Thank you.
Destabee: Abbie over atFarmer's Daughter has WordPress and can get the APLS graphic to show up. You might want to drop her a note and she could probably help you.
Greeen Sheeep - Hello and welcome! Adorable avatar you have there! I've got to get on creating one of my own, just add it to my list I guess.
I agree with you, I have some in my family that think I am NUTSO for canning, not using paper towels and buying locally. Personally, I think they've lost their marbles so we're even! We're looking forward to getting to know you!!
Count me in for the midwestern brigage! I live in Minneapolis - grew up in Madison, WI so I'm midwestern through and through. I just posted about how cool I think ALPS is today! I'm looking forward to chatting with you all about growing seasons (how not to be jealous of people who have abundant gardens practically all year long!), heating season (insulation tips anyone?), recipes (tomatoes & cucumbers coming out my ears), events...
please don't give me the boot for all my typos.... :)
Mindful Momma, you'll never have more typos than I have!
Count me in!
Mindful Momma - you're in - typos and all! That's funny, I grew up in Illinois and now live in Michigan. We don't travel far, do we? I too look forward to sharing local tips, recipes and woes!
Joyce - Glad you're in, try not to embarrass all the rest of us with your awesome garden pictures, OK? ;o)
Count me in - I'm sending you all that lake effect snow from SE WI. I am learning about blueberries...I am looking forward to local news and would love a get-together if it ever happens =) Thanks for organizing this!
Yay! This is so exciting! We can definitely use more APLS around here. From what I hear & read on here it seems that being green is trendy in a lot of other areas, not so much here (I'm in Michigan). I did feel some jealous when FPF & Crunchy were talking about blogger meet ups so I'm glad to get to "meet" other midwest people. I would love to help out with this group in any way I can! Add me to the bushel basket for sure.
Hello Dramamama and Jena! There sure are a lot of APLS coming out of hiding around here! Glad to have you both and I'm looking forward to swapping snow drift stories, produce woes and Indian summer dreams!! WELCOME, we're glad you're here!
Hmmm. I can't seem to grab the button. Aren't you supposed to see some of that HTML gobbledy-gook somewhere? I'm not getting that. Probably my fault...
Hi Joyce,
Just right click on the picture choose "save picture as" and save it to your computer somewhere you can find it. I usually choose desktop. Then, on your own blog, add it as a page element, chooce "picture". In the box that says link, just link it to the APLS blog. Let me know if that doesn't work, I can email you something instead!
Yay! I got it! Now I know how to do that!
I live in Grand Rapids, Michigan and would love to connect to some APLS over here. It can be a lonely world, blogging about sustainability. Count me in over here at My Grandma Was Green!
Hello April and welcome! Glad to have you in the bushel basket!
I'm so excited! I'm a wannabe APLS from Kentucky - I've even started a new blog just to document about sustainablity! I'm looking to reading everyone's posts and learning lots of new information!
Hi - anyone from Indiana around here???
Ooooh! Oooooh!!! Pick me for your bushel basket!!! I'm North Central Ohio and I do my darnest to be green, which I am finding, requires an element of bravery... initailly anyway... and then you're flying! I am so excited to see what you in my similar climate do about the garden, the food sources, the decisions!!!!!
I'm way down south in Minneapolis, not by the lakes at all, but I'm definitely in!
I don't have a blog, but have been having so much fun reading the rest of these that I'm tempted!!
I split my time between suburban Chicago and Urbana, IL. Grew up in Twin Cities (MN); it's true, we don't wander far! Very excited to see local group developing, I also was envious of Crunchy and company [g].
Howdy! Feel free to add me to the roll. I'm in Chicagoland Illinois. I'd be happy to help organize or help with a picnic, camp-out, or general get together and hang.
Bobbi - welcome! We would be pleased to have you in the Great Lakes Basket, however, I see Lori has started a Midwest Bushel Basket, just let me know which area fits you best and we will add ya!
rjs - I think you might be the first from Indy, but I am sure there will be more to come!
Fearless Chef - Whereabouts in NC Ohio? I am fairly familiar with the Akron Canton area as well as the Middlefield area. Let me know, maybe you can give me some hints where to eat next time I am down!
Rosa - Do you have a blog or website you would like me to add? I would love to get you on our local links list if you would like!
Curious Alexa - No need to have a blog! If you would like to be on our email let, just send me an email!
Going Crunchy - Thanks for joining up, I love Chicago and can't wait to hear about life there!
Toss me in. My real email is annmarie at new dot rr dot com. I don't use GMail except as a blogger login. I grew up SD, lived in MN for college, MI for grad school, and am now on the East side of WI--though I wish I lived in MN again or at least northern WI.
I'm so excited to see that there are a group of midwesterners that can share sustainablable living tips! Often I get frustrated because a lot of the good "you can do it like me" bloggers live in the warmer climates and may not have to adjust their practises seasonally like we do in Central Ohio. For example warmer climates don't have to worry about things such as how to chip inches of ice from the latest icestorm off of their solar panels so they can have hot water or electricity without falling off of the roof and breaking your neck. Alternatively, in winter we can use a cooler on a snowy back porch/unheated garage as a secondary place to store cold drinks for parties or during power outages :)
My husband & I are leaving tomorrow on our honeymooon and I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on must-see places around the Midwest? We're leaving from Michigan & going through Indiana and on to Illinois to tour the John Deere & CAT factories. We have 10 days off work so we're just going to drive around and see the sights! Of course I'd love to find a great farmer's market or local business to visit - any ideas!? :)
I'm from Indiana! Got room for me?
Better late than never, right? I'm here in southern Ontario and would love to join APLS. I'm really looking forward to what I can learn from all of you. What a great resource!
I would like to join too, if I am not too late! I am in Southwest Michigan.
I am in the UK but love the idea of APLS. Can you just be a blog online member and are there others in the UK?
Margareet
~~waving from SE Michigan~~
Glad I stumbled across you... throw me in the bushel also... LOL
I want to be part of this, too! Can't say that I have much to offer, but this Macomb, MI mom has lots to learn :)
Hello I'd like to be aded to the blog roll. Looking forward to getting to know everyone.
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