There’s a new green company in town. Dsolv Bags, based out of Columbus Ohio, makes compost friendly lawn waste bags. They offered me a starter set to test during my fall leaf cleanup. I opened the starter set carrying case to find a collapsible funnel, 8 polymer mesh dsolv bags and a bag handle. On the first try, I ripped one of the dsolv bags trying to fit it around the funnel/sleeve. Oops. Once I [...]

When we had some red potatos sprouting in kitchen recently, Alex tucked them carefully in the corners of our backyard compost bin. They are now over a foot tall.  It used to be pretty shady back there but American Electric Power recently hacked away some tree branches and the plants may get more sun than before. I see no reason to disturb the tubers.  Having something rooted gives us another excuse to be lazy composters [...]

A friend asked on twitter recently if I had anything written about compost.  I have not and there’s a good reason why: I am a lazy composter. It’s not that I don’t love composting; I do.  I just don’t measure temperature or output or anything like others who have composting down to a science. My composting goal is to have a place to get rid of my food scraps and leaves without giving them to [...]

The weather was springlike today!   We took a trip to Oakland Park nursery to buy seeds.   (They are 33% off right now, local friends!)  By afternoon we had gardening fever and just couldn’t wait to get our hands in the dirt. Alex dug out some compost from the bottom of our bin to mix with potting soil so we could start our tomato, pepper, and herb seeds.  He decided that maybe we should move the [...]