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No Space for Compost? No Problem!
Even though there are a lot of composting options out there, sometimes none of them are the right fit for our living spaces. Here are some alternatives for folks who can’t compost at home…
Is it Edible?
Since some parts of plants are poisonous, we learn to only eat the familiar parts of familiar plants. Unfortunately, this means that we get into habits of food preparation that waste food and leave our diets fiber deficient…
Breaking Down Compost.
The first step in managing compost is realizing that it isn’t just “food garbage.” The residual parts of our food waste are complex and we need to build simple habits for how we think about them…
Making Your Windowsill Into a Potager Garden.
A potager garden is a garden that grows most of the herbs, fruits, vegetables and flowers for a household. It may even grow medicinal herbs. As we move into winter, this is a great strategy as we want to see something lovely and growing in the winter, but our growing capacity indoors is quite limited…