I am currently driving a Toyota Highlander, which I love, but it’s a gas hog. It needs to be either converted to alternate fuel or traded in for a more suitable vehicle for some one who owns a net-zero inn. The more I learn about alternate fueled vehicles, the more I understand why hybrid vehicles [...]
OK – I know this is a bit premature since we havn’t even broken ground yet, but we were talking about it, since petfriendly hotels are very hot right now, and someone asked me “would The Green leaf Inn be pro-pet?” I thought about this a long time – especially since I have three dogs of [...]
At 6 PM, Fritz and I will be sitting in the town hall of Delavan, WI waiting for the vote to approve our request for a zoning change on our property. The Green Leaf Inn needs to be on commercial land, and so we are asking to change our 5 acre’s agriculture zoning and residential zoning [...]
I received a Sun Oven from my husband as a gift this year. www.sunoven.com He had actually owned one years ago when he was a teacher in Illinois – he has been tuned in to this green stuff far longer than I. I look forward to some of WI first sunny days this spring so [...]
Last night was the second open town meeting at the Elkhorn Courthouse. The ordinance that the land use committee has created is for all intents and purposes anti green energy. The seats were full, but I was disappointed first of all by the lack of attention this issue is getting from the county. I recognised [...]
I didn’t start off wanting to learn all about the ever-changing technology of pond building. As it turns out, unless you have more than enough money to burn, owners must learn about the technology and the up-keep of this rather time consuming seasonal hobby themselves. And if they do employ a vendor and there are [...]
No, really, where DO I begin…each day I see the immense amount of things needed to be done for our project to become reality and I wish I had begun the preparation and research years ago…but years ago we didn’t know we were going to build a bed and breakfast on our property – and a [...]