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

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City Farmer in Vancouver: an urban wonderland

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

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Compost in Battery Park City and remembering 9/11

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

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Regenerative ancient agriculture: the chimpanas of Xochimilcho, Mexico City

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...

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Composting in New York by bike

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

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Digging into the soil of Los Angeles

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...

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Street art travels

One of the great things about walking rather than driving is being able to take the time to stop and fully appreciate the local street...

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Barangaroo House - bowls of noodles

Wandering through Darling Harbour in Sydney, I came across Barangaroo House. It captured my imagination and I saw piles of bowls at a...