COMPOST is the recycling of natural, organic materials that decompose to provide nutrients that will go back to the living plants in your garden in the form of soil. What comes from the garden goes back to the garden. But how does compost work? The most important thing to remember about both methods is to […]
Archives for August 2014
Mid-Summer Ritual for Kitchen Gardeners
It’s a mid-summer ritual for kitchen gardeners, bringing the canning kettles up from the basement, and a sure sign that the harvest season has begun. At first, it’s a little like remembering how to drive a car in winter, but then gets easier with each batch of pickles, dilly beans and ginger peach chutney. I […]
Happy Birthday, Wendell Berry!
“What I stand for is what I stand on.” – Wendell Berry Today, August 5th, we celebrate the birthday of extraordinary poet, writer and farmer Wendell Berry. Born in 1934, his wisdom and writing has transformed and guided everyone who has stumbled across his books or listened to him speak. Tonight, I am honored to […]