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Americans throw away about 10% of the food they buy at the supermarket. This results is dumping the equivalent of more than 21 million shopping bags full of food into landfills every year. (EarthWorks Group. 1990. The Recycler’s Handbook. Berkeley, CA: The EarthWorks Press.)
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Picking out Seeds for Spring

It’s cold and dreary in Massachusetts and the high gloss seed catalogs are rolling in. It is that time of year. The time of year when I hunker down under blankets by the wood stove and sketch and plan my garden.

Home Town Seeds, a premium online seed retailer for the home gardener, recently sent me [...]

Some Favorite Green Living and Gardening Sites

There are so many great resources on the Internet these days that one might get overwhelmed with all of the choices.

Here are a few of my Green Living and Gardening favorites as well as some new and interesting sites I’ve come across that are worth a [...]

Garlic and Scallions and Leeks, Oh My!

I love onions. Almost as much as I love mushrooms, but I haven’t tried growing mushrooms yet.  That will be my next venture. Luckily my husband loves onions as much as I do so neither of us has to worry too much about onion breath.

A few weeks ago I spent a Saturday planting onion seeds. [...]