I found it interesting that every website I visit likes to avoid saying worm poop.

“The worms eat kitchen scraps, turning the material into ‘valuable organic matter’.” ~university of missouri website

I think they should just get down to it and say that it’s worm poop.

my explanation of worm composting:
The worms eat kitchen scraps and poop it out. you take the poop and put it in your garden. your plants will love the poop and will grow bigger and better. when you slice and eat that succulent cucumber just remember how beneficial the worm poop was for it.
now go compost!

All of my fruit I leave out, in a wicker bowl/basket on the table. I’ve been looking for a big wood bowl forever. nobody carries them, maybe that went out of style? I think I read somewhere that metal, porcelain and glass make the fruit go bad faster which was why I was looking for the wood bowl.

However, the veggies I put in the fridge. Not really sure why I put the veggies and not the fruit in the fridge. This past week my carrots went bad within a couple of days. I left the stem on them, but put them in the fridge. I would love to be able to actually EAT the veggies I order. It breaks my heart when I have to waste food.

Any suggestions? I just received this weeks order and I have more carrots! I would love to eat them, but I’ll be away tonight and most of tomorrow. they may just be bad by the time I get home. :(

If you’re in Spokane and interested in getting fresh (and local when possible) produce delivered you need to check out Fresh Abundance. They also have three stores in town. They are doing a wonderful thing for our city. Go support them!

I came upon a fabulous sounding recipe with nettles in it. Apparently they no longer sting once they are cooked and taste somewhat like spinach. I figure it doesn’t get much better than being able to eat a weed. I mean weeds are the only things that are indestructible and if we are going to wipe out all our bees then we’re going to need to learn to eat something that’s pretty hearty.

Dandelions are also edible, but very bitter. The leaves can be added to salad, but I would suggest a very small amount. The roots are good for you too! Bees like dandelions. I’m doing my part by letting dandelions grow in my yard. Ok, ok, maybe it’s just too much maintenance to get rid of them. It’s nice to know I might be helping those bees though.

I’ve kind of been on a save the planet kick lately. Well, save the human race really. We are slowly killing ourselves and our own children. It’s amazing that when I buy raw milk there is a warning on it that says it hasn’t been pasteurized and could carry bacteria, but the milk in the grocery store doesn’t have any warnings about harmful hormones and antibiotics given to the cows. Not to mention those cows are probably fed genetically mutated, processed corn along with other animal meat (which causes mad cow disease by the way). Not really the cows natural diet now is it?

I’m not sure I even trust the word “organic” in the grocery store anymore.

notes on nettles:
1. Stems and leaves steeped raw in a bucket of water for 24 hours released the formic acid into the water. The stems were then removed and the water used as an organic pesticide and applied to plants with mites or aphids. resource
2. When new leaves were collected in spring, and boiled in several changes of water, the resulting greens were said to make a good sprinach substitute. resource

notes on dandelions:
1. the greens are high in Vitamins A, C, and iron. resource
2. Some say that the roots of dandelions can be used to detoxify the liver and gallbladder. resource
3. There are no poisonous look-alikes. resource