Dear Al,
By nature I am sort of lazy and can be a bit self centered at times. I usually look for the easiest, laziest way of doing things, until you came along. More after the fold....
View ArticleBirth of a Novel
Prompted by a comment exchange with jwestfield (story here and our comments here), I have decided to post passages of a murder mystery novel that is in my head. Today, I'll explain the origins of the...
View ArticleNovel Passages 001
(The following is a passage from a novel that's been in my head for a while. I am numbering them for the sake of reference, but they will appear in no particular order. For info on the birth of this...
View ArticleNovel Passages 002
(The following is a passage from a novel that's been in my head for a while. I am numbering them for the sake of reference, but they will appear in no particular order. For info on the birth of this...
View ArticlePerspectives on the Environment Pt.1
I've decided to start this diary to document my growing interest in environmental issues and perhaps even discuss where I stand on these issues. I hope to use current news sources as well as...
View ArticleMy First Container Garden - Volume One
I've been thinking about this Garden for at least two years now after we bought our first house. But I've not done a damn thing about it. Research, thinking but nothing concrete. Yesterday Gary and...
View ArticleComposting and its Concomitant Critters
Composting really isn’t a cut and dried activity; it’s more like what happens when you let things sit around and rot. Managing composting is about which things you let rot, and where, and how much you...
View ArticleGarbage, Gavin and Greenness
Yesterday afternoon, San Francisco's Board of Supervisors passed a new law making it illegal to put your coffee grounds or used paper napkins into your trash bin. If you continue to do so after...
View ArticleOrganic Gardening From Beginners V: Children & Other Destructive Forces
Welcome to another randomly posted installment of Organic Gardening From Beginners. It's been well over a month since my last post on this topic and if you were a follower, I apologize for the delay....
View ArticleTop Comments - Composting Edition
Oh Hai!! Here at Top Comments we round up some of the site's best, funniest, most mojo'd and most informative commentary. We depend on your help with talent spotting. If you see a comment that...
View ArticleWasting is making the USA a Garbage Dump!
I am amazed at the amount of stuff we waste in this country. Look on the curbs on garbage pick-up day, and I'm sure you'll agree with me. Of course, most of it all ends up in a huge landfill bigger...
View ArticleSweeping Change
This is the final in a four-part series about my visit to Stacia and Kristof Nordin’s permaculture project in Lilongwe, Malawi. Cross posted from Nourishing the Planet.
View ArticleWhat comes out the other end...
I've always been reluctant to get behind the "stash your trash" mantra. Not because I enjoy stepping on gum or approve of garbage dumped along the road, but because of the "out of sight, out of mind"...
View ArticleFeeling Dirty?
DIRT! The Movie educates, entertains and engages viewers about the importance of dirt.
View ArticleHoly crap, I turned into an environmentalist.
The title may strike you as a funny thing for a liberal to say -- and I am a liberal. All the classical liberal principles just fit me like a glove, and I've never apologized for the word itself. I'm...
View ArticleFurthermore! Urban Composting, Part 1 (A How-to Guide)
If you are concerned about the environment but live in a city, have a small growing space or yard, or just don't feel like messing with large, outdoor compost bins like the compost strudel below, then...
View ArticleTuesday Talk, With Opuntia Discourse
Now that I have beaten my Bermuda grass somewhat into submission, and have otherwise been treated kindly by so many of you fine people here, I'm kinda in a good mood. So, thanks for that, Kossacks.
View ArticleWeekly Mulch: The EPA Can Regulate Carbon, For Now
by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger This week, the House voted to shut down the carbon regulation program at the Environmental Protection Agency, but the Senate rejected four different measures...
View ArticleMy Confession: I Was Once Terrified of Composting. Plus Little Greenhouses
You wouldn't know it from swash-buckling wiles and my...my.....my.... Ah screw it. Composting used to terrify me. There. I said it. Okay? Yeah, all the websites I've read about the art of composting...
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