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APRIL 21, 2011
My composting adventures all started about 9 years ago when our local Penn State Cooperative Extension office offered a free composting bin (the round one in the picture) when you attended their free composting seminar. I have a system going, but I am a laid back composter. So what did I learn at the seminar?
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MAY 10, 2011
Last year, I chronicled my box garden conversion from random planting to the more calculated method, known as Square Foot Gardening. I had great success, but at the end of the season, I vowed that in 2011, I was going to replace all of the dirt in my box with new soil following the Square Foot Gardening recipe for a soil mix.
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MARCH 13, 2012
Whether you are a novice gardener or a master gardener, there are many free or low cost gardening seminars, workshops, and events happening at this time of year. You'll walk away with great information about this year's gardening trends, gardening techniques, and maybe even a plant or two. I chose broccoli.
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APRIL 17, 2012
We spent this past weekend, cleaning up my square foot garden. As you can see, it needed some attention: Some of the 'weeds' in the picuture is the mint that I naively planted 10 years ago when we built my garden box. I converted the box to the square foot garden method until 2 years ago. Have you opened up your garden yet?
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APRIL 19, 2012
We compost much of our food and garden scraps. Thanks for reading. become a fan and 'like' FBS on Facebook. become a fan and 'like' FBS on Facebook. We conserve water (and save money) during the summer. In the warmer months, I hang our laundry outside to dry. What is one green thing that you can improve on?
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APRIL 22, 2011
From composting and saving rain water to using cloth napkins and reusable grocery bags, I have made many changes in my life over the last 20 years. Thanks for reading. Thanks for reading. It was in downtown Pittsburgh at a park where the three rivers meet, if I remember correctly. Earth Day has come a long way.
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APRIL 10, 2012
In place of wood chips, we buy leaf compost from our township. Thanks for reading. become a fan and 'like' FBS on Facebook. We clean up the front yard every April and the project always seems so overwhelming when the mulch is delivered. and more WEEDS. Doesn't mulching make a world of difference? Much more appealing.
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