From our own Department of Parks and Recreation: Intro to Urban Composting April 14th through May 12th Wednesdays 6:30pm – 8:30pm Columbia Heights Recreation Center Master Composter Kaitlin Rienzo- Stack will lead a five week course on the wonders of “black gold,” with a special focus on urban composting issues. Learn how to turn kitchen […]
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I was involved in a fascinating conference call this week discussing the possibility of D.C. schools turning their food wastes into compost we gardeners can use rather than sending it to a landfill. Composting food scraps from schools is foreseen in the “Healthy Schools” legislation pending before the D.C. Council. But apparently Chartwells, the contracted […]
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We love parsnips for their ethereal, rooty sweetness. But they are not an easy vegetable. First, they can be tough to get out of the ground. The roots sometimes go very deep. One of the parsnips I harvested this morning was 20 inches long. Parsnips are also slow. In fact, they are best eaten a […]
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