Tag: organic gardener
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Green Giveaway: Kitchen Composting Made Easy
As an organic gardener, I know that kitchen composting is a really good thing to do, both for the environment and for my garden. But it can be messy, smelly and just too complicated. So I admit, until recently most of my veggie cuttings, coffee grounds, bits of paper and eggshells went in the disposal…
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In the Vegetable Garden on Linnaeus Day: Seminole Squash
I am an enthusiastic grower of heirloom vegetables, but I don’t think there has been another vegetable whose history has interested me more than Seminole Squash (cucurbita moschata), an heirloom we inherited from the Seminole Indians. The Seminoles are local to the area where I live, and I have been lucky enough to find arrowheads…