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Not a Shred of Evidence

NERD ALERT! This one is for you. You know who you are.

Question: How do you solve domestic disputes between husbands and wives who have differing opinions about how composting should be done?

Answer: You get a chipper/shredder and then everyone is happy.

The Problem: You see, I sit squarely on the side of the fence that prefers to chop up all the green and brown bits into small pieces before it goes into the compost bin – because it breaks
down faster, and …

Compost Queries

A question came in this week from a Gardenerd student:

“I’m sharing a Biostack [compost] bin with my neighbors in my apt complex and the question was raised on whether or not it’s acceptable to put whole fruit, apples, oranges, etc. into the bin. I’m
trying to keep the bin simple for people so I am hesitant to tell people to cut up their fruit to help accelerate the composting, but my neighbor thinks they should be. Can you tell me what the
…

The Next Step in Urban Homesteading – Keeping Chickens

Call me a control freak, but I like to know where my food comes from. I started growing my own food to get fresh, healthy produce, to use
less water, fewer pesticides and harmful chemicals – but really, to know where my food comes from. That was great, but I thought, “What else can I do to close the loop here? To be more
self-reliant?” Composting and

Quicker Compost

Here’s a question that came in last week:

“How can I speed up composting without spending a lot of money. Cover it with a tarp? Helga”

Hi Helga,

There are a few things you can do to try and speed up your compost production, and none of them cost money:

The first is to build a bigger pile – at least 3 x …

Sewage Sludge in the News

Perhaps you’ve seen it in the news lately, or perhaps you’ve been seeing it in the news for a decade. I’m talking about sewage sludge. Time and time again, we
are challenged with the task of finding out what’s really in the stuff we eat, or in this case, what’s in the stuff we use to grow the stuff we eat. I’ve always been a big proponent of
knowing where my garden supplies come from, and I’ve done …

Ecology Action Farm

It’s been busy here, launching the new website and 2 new products for the holiday season, so blogging has taken a back seat until now. These blog
entries are really my favorite things to do (besides harvesting succulent veggies while laughing in the face of commercial agriculture), and writing them gives me an excuse to venture out to
new territory.

So we continue with the Grow BioIntensive workshop that I attended in the …

A Visit to the Solar Living Institute

Back in my early college years, all I wanted to do was make bread and swing in a hammock all day. I dove head-first into environmental issues and
chose
recycling as my personal passion. Along with the strong desire to sort trash came an awareness of solar power and all its benefits. It was then that I discovered Real Goods.

Real Goods had not yet been bought by Gaiam.com when …

Gardenerd at Large – Planting Fall Gardens

It’s been busy these last few months. It seems that everyone wants a garden, and I’m happy to help.

Today I helped a family in Corona Del Mar to plant a garden in a small space in their back yard. The space was occupied with a couple of recently planted fruit trees that weren’t yet established, and some shrubs. After measuring the space and making some suggestions for plant removal, we were on our way….