From the First Lady:

“A real delicious heirloom tomato is one of the sweetest things that you’ll ever eat,” she said. “And my children know the difference, and that’s how I’ve been able to get them to try different things.

This is neat stuff.

Check out the whole article: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/20/dining/20garden.html?_r=1&ref=dining

The Worldwatch Institute reports that a growing number of US city-dwellers are raising their own chickens, often in defiance of local ordinances.



Citing unsanctioned henhouses in Denver, Boston, and other cities, Worldwatch’s Ben Block notes that an “underground ‘urban chicken’ movement has swept across the United States in recent years,” flouting authorities’ concerns about noise, odors, and public health.



But in some cities, such as Ann Arbor, Mich., Ft. Collins, Colo.,… Continue

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A friend is making one for me. He says the site says to use a 2 or 3 liter black pot with a clear glass lid. He found a suitable pot at Fry's for about 8 bucks. I'll let you know whether I have success with it.

From Indiana.........Most city dwellers view gardening as a quaint, if labor-intensive, hobby. Food cultivation is an honorable profession best left to big business and a few stubborn family farmers. But rising fuel and food costs, as well as increasing concerns about food safety and quality, have made the idea of growing your own grub as appealing as just-picked Indiana sweet corn.

http://www.indy.com/posts/11251#

I went to the dump (ok, to be PC, the landfill) at 27th Avenue & Lower Buckeye Road and picked up a compost container. For $5 you can go pick up one or more former garbage bins. They're the size of the recycle/blue containers, the bottoms have been sawn off and holes have been drilled into the sides. It fit in the back of my Suburban just fine. I've got an old ice cream container with lid in the kitchen, collecting food waste. A fresh bag of grass clippings is baking in a black bag in the… Continue