Soil Searching Diaries
Plants, recipes, ideas, thoughts, musings, questions

When Ernie first stepped into Brisbane’s Master Composter course  a few years ago, she turned heads - not just because of her infectious...

I spent a lovely couple of hours on two occasions visiting the Vancouver Compost Demonstration Garden, AKA City Farmer, exploring this...

Apart from inmates, their families or staff, not many people see the inside of a prison and most would not wish to. Yet the...

After reading about Battery Park City Authority's dog waste composting program, I was very interested to find out more. It was amazing to...

Mexico City was founded by the Aztecs in 1325 AD and was built on a vast lake and a series of wetlands. This ancient culture created an...

What a perfect introduction to community composting in New York City – a Compost Bike Tour organised by the Lower East Side Ecology...

I wanted to get down and dirty in the City of Angels - beneath the glitz and glamour, the theme parks, the highways - deep down and...

Sweet potatoes are well know for the delicious and healthy tuber but their stems and leaves are also a nutritious and tasty green...

Teas can be made from leaves, roots, flowers, fruits, stem or seeds. Whether they are iced or hot, relaxing, refreshing or medical they...

Making up a fresh glass of orange juice or after a recipe that calls for lemon, lime or any other citrus fruit you may be left with a...

Comfrey has broad prickly leaves and occasional pink, white or purple flowers which bees and other beneficial insects love. It prefers to...