Aaaaaa hahaha.. honest to God, that’s the first thing that went through my mind when I first saw the word. I’m SO not kidding. But it’s meaning is this… the use of specially bred earthworms, esp. to aerate soil and…
Author: Jodi
This has been an ongoing project since I was twelve when my mother let me dig up a ten by twenty foot section of the backyard to put in what was to be my first gardening failure er, learning experience. Mom knew more about composting than I did and I had no idea I was going to have to 'save' all that icky stuff in the kitchen for that nasty 'pile' in the backyard!
Dry Cost is High…
It’s going to raise the price of food. It’s going to make some food less robust. What IS it? Irrigation expenses loom as planting season begins
Why Compost?
Why compost?Composting is an easy, environmentally beneficial way to turn yard and kitchen wastes into a dark, crumbly, sweet-smelling soil amendment that will build your soil, increase garden production and do wonders for your landscaping. Composting will… Save you money…
The High Cost of Animal Agriculture
Thanks to Susan Weiner at Farm Sanctuary for pointing us to that organization’s network of websites — this has to be one of the most comprehensive resources available on factory farming, animal rights, vegetarianism, and many other related topics. Some…
Have YOU Ratified the Kyoto Protocol?
Alan Durning has posted a great piece on individual climate responsibility: On Wednesday, February 16, the Kyoto Protocol will come into effect, mandating participating nations to reduce their emissions of climate-changing greenhouse gases. Canada has ratified Kyoto. The United States…
Delivery!
We now have at least fifty bags of green grass clippings on the side of the garage just waiting to compost.
Can anyone say ‘Grass Clippings’?
I was bringing my daughter home from a birthday part for one of the children she babysits for… We passed a man on a riding mower going over what looked to be a good two acres of smooth green grass… it was beautiful. As we got closer, I realized he was BAGGING it. And of course, my composting mind went to, “I wonder what he DOES with all that grass?” And I started slowing down…
Integrated Pest Management Benefits Farm and Consumer
Today’s consumer is educated and more and more people want to know about how their food is treated and where it comes from. Words such as “organic” and “sustainable” that were once reserved for a small population of foodies or…
First post of the season….
I am STILL IN OREGON! Don’t feel like I’m EVER going to get home! Today, we gathered up as many native Douglas Furs as we thought we could carry home. We tried to gather a fiver footer (as it was…
Basils for the Home Herb Garden
Basils include approximately 150 species, mostly from Asia, Africa, and South America that have spread throughout the world as culinary and ornamental herbs. Basil is grown as an annual in most zones under 8 since it dies down at the first frost.