at the event. Bringing one of those, or a plate with a wine clip, is highly recommended — it makes the whole experience just so much easier. Even though they were selling compostable plates this year, which was an...

unusual cold weather we have been having in Toronto. My radishes planted also on May 17th only showed signs last week and still all I have is little tiny leaves. My neighbour started her lettuce seeds indoors and transplanted...

was there for the summer, and it’s was neither hot, nor humid (no A/C needed), and between there and SF (at least where I lived after then), it was never damp and warm enough indoors for the bulbs to start sprouting.

Some great info here. I haven’t been able to grow cilantro. It always does amazingly well and then it just dies. I’m in Norfolk, VA, so the summer is miserable here...not to mention my garden has full sun. Maybe I...

and spirits. And I’m not just saying this because a question I asked about worm composting got deleted from the “not about food” board.

I’ve made kimchee using Napa cabbage several times in a large-mouth closed glass jar place in my garage during the winter. Because my wife cannot tolerate the wonderful aroma of the stuff, I cannot use the indoor...

I am unsure of the variety of the strawberries. The were volunteer plants that sprouted from my parents compost. The issue with the berries was the privet tree nearby. Its berries/olives whatever the fruit is is allelopathic and...

Myth—- you should not wash mushrooms as they will absorb water and get slimy. Mushrooms grow in a medium made up primarily of composted manure. Although the manure is sterilized it is manure nontheless and I would rather...

for indoor plants - Lauray of Salisbury up in that same area is fantastic along with Logees at the opposite NE corner of the state – they (Logees) also sell Citrus trees and you can see their huge old specimens in their...

) at this time of year. That is, are chickens allowed to roam outside during winter when there are no bugs or grass? If not, then their eggs wouldn’t be any different from indoor-raised hens, no?

Great to hear more people are doing this! Here are some things I do: 1. Compost all fruit and vegetable scraps. We have an outdoor compost pile, but also have a worm bin in our basement. There is NO smell or mess and it’s in...

Actually, NatureMill makes a fantastic indoor composter.... I swear by mine, and I’ve only owned it for three months now. Completely sealed, fully automatic. Runs between 4 and 500, depending on where you get it from. With...

I had dinner there last night and lunch today. Five of us arrived for dinner at about 6:30pm and learned that there was a 45-minute wait for indoor seating. The patio, however, had an immediate opening, so we took it. Service was...

Few more seed sites and tips I remembered. Banana tree (http://www.banana-tree.com/)-this site deals mostly with tropical seeds for those who like to grown thier own indoor rainforests, but they do have a section devoted to Asian...

via compost is possible to every person who has a free-standing house, no matter how small the volume of scrap material. For apartment dwellers, earthworm composting can yield beautiful potting soil for your indoor plants. http