After sampling some fresh tomato salsa, made from a friend’s fresh garden tomatoes, I decided on a whim to try growing tomatoes in a container on my backyard deck. Shucks, why not? It worked for flowers and other plants. Having never grown tomatoes before, I basically didn’t know what I was doing, how to do it, … Continue reading
Seems like a town in Germany got sick and tied of those environmentally hateful coffee pods and decided to do something about it. There is so much bad with those pods it can’t be right, almost evil I says. Your signs of quality no pod coffee are below – a machine where you pour the … Continue reading
Really didn’t know how this one would turn out, but a little hope, time, rain and coffee compost seems to make fruit! And it’s a late crop compared to the other peaches, so they are now available fresh off the tree from November to Feb. A delightful sweet and slightly tart clingstone peach. … Continue reading
This year I’ve been growing in a pocket-sized urban space. I have a dozen pots, a small raised bed, and a poly-sheet mini greenhouse. And that’s with a touch of cramming! Though I doubt I’ll be building a root cellar anytime soon, cultivating my own little plot while the city simmered along in the background … Continue reading
On a hot day a banana peel will disintegrate midair on a trip to the compost heap (or to a ditch… It’s shocking that a person who would choose a banana could be the same litterbug launching garbage from the backseat of a Honda). A banana needs almost no time. What about the recalcitrant eggshell? … Continue reading
The Luxury of Sitting here writing Stuff Right this second I am sitting behind a double glassed window overlooking a river that runs through Tasmania’s Huon Valley. White smoke drifts skyward from a chimney, as small birds of all sorts hop from fence tops to tree branches. The end of the latest semester was a … Continue reading
Informed by the soil biology research of native Minnesotan, Dr. Elaine Ingham, Teaming with Microbes – The Organic Gardener’s Guide to the Soil Food Web by Jeff Lowenfels and Wayne Lewis introduces us the cast of characters that live in healthy soil, their relationship with each other and the critical balance needed between these microscopic … Continue reading
