For two years after we sold our big house with the kitchen garden just two miles from the White House, my wife and I were ridden with guilt because we no longer had a place to compost. We sent our kitchen scraps to the landfill like most other good Americans. But now that we have […]
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Quick! What’s the solution to most garden problems? Answer: compost. Compost is what happens to all the dead organic matter our planet generates. Anything that’s ever been alive eventually dies. A host of different bacteria, fungi, protozoa, mites, earthworms, spiders and other creatures eat that dead matter and return it to the soil. Without compost, […]
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D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray says his administration is all about making the nation’s capital more sustainable. But in at least one important aspect of the food chain, that’s just lip service. The District of Columbia, my home town, is a dismal failure when it comes to municipal composting. A recent article in the Washington City Paper […]
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