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My thoughts on a variety of garden topics. Favorites include: vegetables, native plants, heavy clay soil, composting, and gardening with ornery dogs.
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The Collected Seed
Jan 24, 20222 min read
Safe or Not Safe to Compost: Pantry Purge Edition
As a gardener, I don't spring clean. I New Year's clean. It's too cold to be outside, and it's still a little too soon to be starting...
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The Collected Seed
Sep 10, 20203 min read
What's your favorite countertop compost bin?
I need a compost bin to keep on my counter, what do you recommend? Or, is there a good countertop compost collector that will keep fruit...
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The Collected Seed
Dec 17, 20196 min read
Skip the peat moss and the coir - make leaf mold!
Truth be told, I haven't given leaf mold a fair shake. I didn't think I had enough leaves in my tiny yard to have much of an impact on my...
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The Collected Seed
Dec 4, 20195 min read
Sustainable and compostable wrapping paper!
Sure, traditional wrapping paper is recyclable and gift sacks can be saved and re-used, but there are other very attractive and...
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The Collected Seed
Oct 8, 20193 min read
Brown compostables from around the house
Compost leaves they say. They're a great "brown" they say. I'm in central Oklahoma which isn't exactly know for dense forests. That's not...
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The Collected Seed
Jun 13, 20195 min read
Closed composting can reduce risks of roaming pests on small lots
As the attendee at a soil health class last summer, I listened in disgust as a local urban farmer chastised a woman‘s question about...
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The Collected Seed
May 11, 20191 min read
ICAW | International Compost Awareness Week
While composting may seem like a contemporary entry into the sustainable gardening dialog, the science to support it actually dates back...
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