Gardening Season is in full swing! We've been working on cleaning out our raised beds, putting in new compost and getting them ready to plant! After a cold spell last week, we're hoping to get our seeds and plants in this week! If you're new to gardening and think you're too late to start a garden this year - you're not! There is still plenty of time for you to plant, grow and enjoy the harvest from your garden this year! It's so rewarding to be able to harvest delicious food right from your … [Read more...]
Countertop Compost Pail: Mighty Nest Review
*Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Mighty Nest. Opinions, of course, are always 100% my own. There are three main components of composting - building your compost bin, collecting your compostable material, and maintaining your compost pile. Once you have your compost bin or pile set up, you'll need to start adding your material to it, but how do you get your food scraps and other compostable household items, from you house into the compost pile? You need to have a way to collect those … [Read more...]
Composting 101: 21 Things to Put in Your Compost {Green in 365}
This is Day 127 of the Green in 365 series! By Kim from The Soulicious Life I hate to waste, I love to garden, and yet I only started composting last spring. I can't honestly say what took me so long to join the revolution, but now that I'm on board, I'm hooked! It's easier than you might think, and with the abundance of fruit and vegetable scraps hitting your kitchen these days, there is no better time to start. Composting is a completely natural process in which organic … [Read more...]
First Garden Update of 2012! Cleaning Out, Planting and Strawberries!
I had a wonderful Mother's Day yesterday — thanks to my awesome husband and kids. They spoiled me and made me feel special. I hope that all of you mamas had great days too. And if you're feeling a little overwhelmed, or maybe less than the best as a mother, my hubs wrote this post for me yesterday over on Babble, I hope it will be an encouragement to you! One of my requests for Mother's Day was that we get started working on our garden, since that had been neglected as we dealt with family … [Read more...]
My Compost Pile!
I've been bugging my hubs to build me a compost bin or compost pile since we moved into our house two summers ago, and last month he finally made my wish come true! We decided to make a compost pile instead of bin because it was a simpler, easier project and we could use materials that we already had on hand. We (well really just Jer) made a two stall open pile, using reclaimed wood - some pallets and a piece of leftover fence from our neighbor - so this great compost cost us nothing to … [Read more...]
