Spill the Beans

Use compost, not chemicals This is the second post in this series following concepts and information from UC Master Gardeners of Napa County presentation, Soil is the Solution, healing the earth one yard at a time, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqA8DqBtRuo .

by Mel Kendall Last year we removed our pool and put in a free form garden. It was lots of work but we feel it was well worth the effort.

by Melody Kendall There are programs on TV about hoarders and the perils involved in living in a house with such an ailment. Well, I have come to the conclusion that I am an "outdoor" hoarder. While this malady is not as limiting or as unhealthy as an indoor hoarder there are many similarities.

Humans have been stripping mother earth of her verdant, life supporting cloak for a long time, but the damage has shot up to a critical stage during recent years. To extend the metaphor further, earth has been stripped so bare that ecological systems are out of balance.

By Melody Kendall Yesterday, while I was walking in my garden eating my fruit and yogurt breakfast, I noticed an object under my lace leaf maple (Acer palmatum). Upon closer inspection I almost lost what breakfast I had consumed.