To Mulch or Not…Too Mulch of a Good Thing.

My first house had siding of shiplap cypress. Great wood for building, tough for painting. I often wondered about those bags of cypress mulch at the garden center…seems it really is too much of a good thing…

It seems that in the past ten years or so cypress logging as an industry has taken off. In [...]

Kitchen Gardeners International

Dear Kitchen Gardener,

What’s a home garden worth? With the global economy spiraling downward and Mother Nature preparing to reach upward, it’s a good question to ask and a good time to ask it.

There isn’t one right answer, of course, but I’ll give you mine: $2149.15. Last year, my wife [...]

The Ethicurean: All steriled up: Produce safety guidelines throw sustainability out, keep toxic bathwater

Good article on the food safety issue from The Ethicurean Blog.

Down on the farm

Here’s a quick backgrounder: After the E. coli/spinach episode in 2006, big leafy greens producers in California (where the toxic spinach was grown) got together and drafted guidelines to reduce the risk of contamination on farms. These guidelines had some issues: they [...]