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Compost: It’s What Vacations Are For

August 5th, 2010 · 4 Comments · garden

I could have titled this piece, Don’t Go on Vacation! After 10 days away from our kitchen garden, it will take me three passes with the push mower to get the grass under control again. The eggplants are splayed on the ground, so heavy are their fruits. The tomato plants I had been trying so […]

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A Home For Your Kitchen Scraps

September 27th, 2009 · 5 Comments · garden, Sustainability, urban agriculture

Making compost is a second occupaton for The Slow Cook. Since we garden organically, without chemical fertilizers or pesticides, our source of fertility consists of what’s in the ground already and what we add to it in the form of compost. Being in the city, about a mile from Michelle Obama’s White House garden here […]