Dear Flora-I just started a compost pile. I haven’t planted anything yet and don’t even know if I will. But we are a family of five and I do want to reduce our garbage. I have a bin with a lid that turns. How do I make sure that I am doing it right? Almost [...]

Many years ago, there were no landfills. There were no food containers-and no plastic anything. Everything we used was reused, composted or kept, in various and sundry forms. The pickle crock turned into the sauerkraut maker. The apple peelings, leaves and coveted eggshells turned into next year’s planting base in a compost pile the size of [...]