Be still my heart…. rather than a $4 card and roses that would end up in the trash by week’s end, the Handsome Husband bought me a truckload of dirt….for the garden. What a guy.
250 Mile Diet
I just finished reading a book called Plenty: Eating Locally on the 100-Mile Diet. I’ve been thinking about the whole eating local thing since I read Barbara Kingslover’s book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. I had no idea the average food miles (food from the field to the table) was 1,500 miles. I guess it hit Read More >>
The Compost Report…
I’m looking forward to turning this week’s compost into “Black Gold.” That’s garden talk for rich, dark compost. This week I’ve collected the following in the compost bucket: egg shells, carrot peels, apple peels, broccoli bits, tea bags, coffee grounds/filters, spinach leaves, used dinner napkins, egg crate pulp and shredded paper. I’m thinking about Read More >>