Sustainable and Urban Garden News for February
GardenRant edition. The whole newsletter is right here.
Urban Gardening on the Web
- Outstanding original reporting on school food by Slow Cook Ed Bruske in his Tales from a DC Kitchen. That led to this interview on the Kojo Show.
- Urban gardeners – all gardeners – need to know about compost, right? And Dr. Frank Gouin is The Man on the subject. Here's what he recently said about it.
- Urban and suburban gardeners, take inspiration from this gorgeous front yard mix of edibles and ornamentals.
- Why first-time veg-growers get discouraged (make that FAIL) by Robin Ripley.
- Citywide organic-waste composting coming to Montreal.
Sustainable Gardening on the Web
- Great article about pervious driveways on Sunset's blog. Photos and info are by sustainable-gardening author/designer Owen Dell.
- Is teak a sustainable wood for outdoor furniture? Mostly no.
- $5 DIY Compost Bin for Leaves from Southern Post Journal.
Winter Sanity-Savers
- I LOVE these world-champion Boogie-Woogie Dancers! Just like I used to do it. (Okay, I lie).
- But this seasoned gardener IS having a blast doing Hot Broadway Jazz.
In the Garden
- Plant of the Month? Gotta be Winterberry Holly (photo above from Lewis Ginter Botanic Garden).
- Winter's the perfect time to catch up on garden recordkeeping.
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I have another cheap compost bin idea I used for a school garden last year. 4 discarded pallets, some heavy duty 4′ garden stakes and 1/2 wire mesh. Use the garden stakes to place three of the pallets into an open bin configuration – to keep from toppling over, hammer in stakes on both sides to stabilize. Staple the wire mesh to the pallets. Prop up the fourth pallet against the ends of the bin. Pile in leaves and clippings in. Remove the fourth pallet when easy access to turning the pile requires. Creates a bin that is huge to contain all you compost.