Tackling Food Waste

I wrote about food waste a few weeks back, having just seen Wasted: The Story of Food Waste. The conversation continues this week as we dive deeper into the options…

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Review: Wasted! The Story of Food Waste

Last week, I attended a screening of Wasted! The Story of Food Waste, a new film from Executive Producer Anthony Bourdain and other concerned citizens. The film "exposes the criminality of food…

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Soil Food Web Intensive – Part 2

In our last episode, we shared the wonders of Dr. Elaine Ingham's Soil Food Web Intensive course. Today, we'll continue with more tidbits and tricks that will help you build…

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Help! Maggots in My Compost!

We’ve had a flurry of questions over the last couple weeks here at Gardenerd.com.  Here’s one that came in with urgency:

“We have had an issue with maggots in my compost tumbler. I am not
using any meats or fats of any kind – only green food wastes. How do
I correct this? Is my compost ruined?”

Not to worry.  Those maggots (most likely Black Soldier Fly larvae) are actually helping your compost break down.  While it’s true that they bring out the “ick” in most people, maggots, worms, and other garbage consumers are actually powerful creatures when it comes to ridding …

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