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
Oh, the Veggies You’ll Grow! It’s time to get up! Veggies are calling. There! ‘tween the tweeting ten creepers crawling. With a trowel in your hand and a hand in your glove, grow tomatoes! Corn! Greens! Whatever you love! Farmer Dan Brown! You know what tastes good! Le MonsterAnto would bottle yours if he could! … Continue reading
Photos taken by Zach Latimore on Finca Idealista Farm, Matagalpa, Nicaragua For most people, coffee grounds represent the “end” of the coffee process. Everything that has happened to those beans since they were picked from the tree has been done with the end goal of roasting them, grinding them, and then brewing coffee with them. … Continue reading
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 150,000 times in 2014. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 6 days for that many people to see … Continue reading
While considering next year’s resolutions doesn’t command the same observance as it did in my youth, I don’t like the smug rejection of the practice. “I don’t make resolutions!” You might say. “It’s just another day.” A new year calls for reflection. So reflect. But last year was a total waste. Total? Three-quarters of the … Continue reading
Originally posted on vegetablurb:
60 pounds Of coffee grounds. Almost a good start for a Dr. Seuss book. I’m pretty sure that nobody cares about some yahoo in Michigan picking up free used coffee grounds for his compost pile. But the thing is, there’s a small possibility that someone is just waking up on a…
