Anyone in tune with popular media has heard that bee populations are dieing out and have been in decline for several years. In my own very diverse garden I’ve noticed a huge decline in honeybees. I use no pesticides, and I provide a diverse array of food sources for all bees. Still, this year my [...]
Over the weekend, the NY Times published an open letter to the Presidential candidates by Michael Pollan on the issue of feeding the nation. In it, he illustrates that food is a national security, health care, energy and climate change issue. He tells us that food production is the #2 consumer of petroleum in the U.S. — [...]
Yes, yes…I keep posting about getting out and doing crop exchanges. And, yes, here I am writing that I’m going to get out there today to do it. Sometimes life gets in the way of what we intend, but if I don’t get out there soon, I’m going to miss my window to get in [...]
Today I read this quick snippet on career bat guano harvesters in Peru. And it got me thinking…”How sustainable is it for gardeners in the U.S. to use bat guano?”
If the guano we use in Seattle is harvested and shipped from Peru, is buying that fertilizer just as bad as buying fruits and vegetables shipped [...]
