by Geoff | Dec 17, 2007 | Environmental Issues, Gardening
Compost is integral to sustainable gardening practices. It is also a great way to get rid of kitchen waste without putting stuff into the trash stream. We’ve been composting for as long as we’ve been gardening and our system now is a pretty automatic routine. All compostable kitchen waste is stored in a 2 1/2 gallon plastic bucket under the sink. Since we don’t eat any meat at home, most of our organic scrap waste goes into the compost bucket....
by Anneliese | Dec 11, 2007 | CobraHead
Well, we promised we would get those packages out today, and by golly we did! The snow may have kept our vehicles from leaving the driveway, but we only saw that as an opportunity for a little exercise. The walk is about two miles roundtrip, so it was certainly enough to get the blood flowing. It’s just too bad I don’t have a harness for the dog — I would have had her help me pull!
by Judy | Dec 1, 2007 | Environmental Issues
What do we do when the garden is put to bed and the bountiful harvest is preserved? Besides savoring our “local” veggies all winter long we talk about food. I have been reading cookbooks and food-related articles for the past 37+ years — ever since my brother-in-law announced he was a vegetarian. We’ve belonged to food co-ops for over 33 years and at one point even provided our house as a ‘divide and distribute’ point. We now do...
