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Q4 2022 GreenFriends North America Newsletter
Welcome to the Q4 2022 GreenFriends newsletter!

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This edition includes an excerpt from Amma’s 2022 birthday message; a review of two illustrated children’s stories as told by Amma; tips on how to prepare your garden for the winter; some ideas related to environmentally-friendly and long-term, sustainable eating practices; a GreenFriends newsletter reader's response to the Water Bucket Challenge; and directions on how to make your own seed balls.

Amma on Celebrating Our Birthdays

Amma Shop - Children's Books Reviewed

Overwintering the Garden

Making Informed Food Choices

Response to the GreenFriends Water Bucket Challenge

How to Make Seed Balls

The Winter Solstice is almost here - a time to go inward to find the light within. The darkest time of the year offers an opportunity to celebrate the return of the light.

GreenFriends strives to communicate the importance of treating Nature with respect and gratitude. We invite each of you Green Friends to share your ideas and experiences with your own gardening efforts as well as experiences with nature.

Please send your stories, comments and feedback to info@greenfriendsna.org

Amma on Celebrating Our Birthdays
Amma on Celebrating Our Birthdays
Saying that she knew that many devotees wanted to give Amma something on their own birthdays, Amma makes some suggestions.

Read what Amma says about Celebrating our birthdays...

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Amma Shop - Children's Books Reviewed
Irondale Beach
Just in time for holiday gifts. The Amma Shop carries two illustrated children’s stories as told by Amma. These stories convey beautiful lessons from Mother Nature.

Read the reviews of Chidren's Books as told by Amma ...

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Wrapping Up the Garden for the Winter
Instead of just leaving last summer's garden dormant, you can create no-dig beds and plant cover crops to prepare it for next spring, plus more tips for lovingly wrapping up your garden for winter.

Read about how to Wrap Up Your Garden for the Winter...

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Making Informed and Responsible Food Choices
Winter squash harvest
Many of us are already thinking about ways we can live more sustainably. The choices we make about the foods we eat can have a significant impact on our environment.

Read about how to Make Informed Food Choices...

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Response to the GreenFriends Water Bucket Challenge
My First Garden Seva
In the Q4 2021 GreenFriend’s newsletter, we published the Water Bucket Challenge and asked readers to share their experiences from taking the challenge. One reader actually did!

Read a Response to the GreenFriends Water Bucket Challenge...

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How to Make Seed Balls
My First Garden Seva
Amma encourages us to think of others and one way to do this is to give back to Mother Nature. Seed balls is a way Amma suggests to increase the number of plants, flowers and trees in the world, bringing ourselves more in harmony with Nature.

Read about How to Make Seed Balls...

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