Much of the trash that we throw away can be used to make our gardens more productive. A great New Year’s resolution is to begin to covert yard and kitchen debris into soil-enriching compost. Many materials can be used to produce compost. Grass clippings, leaves, egg shells, coffee grounds, tea bags, vegetable and fruit clippings, […]
Fall gardening or second plantings prolong the growing season, and you can reap a lot more from your garden even after the peak summer season. Gardens give you the most dividends when planting produce food from spring through summer and up to the first frost and even beyond. In many areas, including ours, crops can […]
When the coronavirus shutdown and quarantine swept over us in March, there was a run on flour, yeast, toilet paper and disinfectant. After a while, the sheltering masses came to see that what they really needed was a houseplant. “Once people settled into the new normal, while spending most of their time at home, we […]
The green machine is back. And we would expect the usual election hype to get started again ASAP. We are now closing in on the next moment when some percentage of the population will be focused more on whether or not their particular state is about to offer legal pot than on who’s the next […]