The Environment Archives - The Gay Vegans

Growing Our Own Food

Written by Dan Hanley on April 5, 2026. Posted in The Environment, Veganism. No Comments on Growing Our Own Food

Hi everyone! I just spent time in the garden, and today I harvested eggplant, broccoli, and kale! I’m so excited. We have been harvesting eggplant since June of last year, and the two plants are still going strong. Disclaimer: We live in Southern California....

The Gay Vegans – Growing our own food

Written by Dan Hanley on July 9, 2023. Posted in Activism, Mike and Dan, The Environment. No Comments on The Gay Vegans – Growing our own food

We have been fortunate to have space for a garden where we live most of the the places we’ve lived. When we were looking for a home in southern California, space to grow food was a high priority. Being able to grow food year-round has been wonderful. I’m...

Solutions to high gas prices

Written by Dan Hanley on June 22, 2022. Posted in General, Mike and Dan, The Environment, Veganism. No Comments on Solutions to high gas prices

The news is filled with stories on high gas prices. Our local news gives daily reports on how much the have risen in one day, with less mentions if they went down. I filled up at my local gas station last week and paid $6.09 a gallon. For those who do not live in...

Our garden filled with kale and Swiss chard.

Garden update!

Written by Dan Hanley on June 6, 2021. Posted in Activism, LBGTQ, Mike and Dan, The Environment, Veganism. No Comments on Garden update!

I started our garden back in January/February after deciding to finally dig up some of our back yard and grow our own food. We built two boxes and then planted several veggies, both by seed and by seedling. We’re not new to gardening. Mike had an awesome garden...

Loving animals – a 24 year vegan

Written by Dan Hanley on March 7, 2020. Posted in Activism, LBGTQ, Mike and Dan, The Environment, Veganism. No Comments on Loving animals – a 24 year vegan

I decided to go vegan because of my love for animals and my desire to do as least harm as possible to them. I made that decision 24 years ago. I’ve never looked back. The world sure has changed in regards to veganism in the past 24 years. From ice cream...