tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1357761496086552834.post4391793605568157018..comments2023-09-03T08:56:19.804-04:00Comments on Kate's Considered Life: Local Eating - Composting and Starting a Garden!Kate E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00066896916744020747noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1357761496086552834.post-89637479199322876252010-03-23T08:30:47.827-04:002010-03-23T08:30:47.827-04:00Thanks for the pine cone info.! We will save thos...Thanks for the pine cone info.! We will save those to use as bird feeders and crafts.Kate E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00066896916744020747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1357761496086552834.post-89448771351447594782010-03-21T20:38:37.277-04:002010-03-21T20:38:37.277-04:00Kate, I was researching pine cones for compost and...Kate, I was researching pine cones for compost and here's what I found.<br /><br />NO. Pine cones have seeds in them and eventually you will be growing pine trees in your compost. They do not break down like grass clippings and veg. peelings, etc.. I would not put them in my compostDollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12338709785342570719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1357761496086552834.post-46656399183413209982010-03-20T22:20:55.452-04:002010-03-20T22:20:55.452-04:00:) we knew what you meant, Miss Fastest-Typing-fin...:) we knew what you meant, Miss Fastest-Typing-fingers-in-the-West!!<br /><br />Your cucumbers were so delicious, the boys gobbled them right up! I would love to try them in our garden this year.<br /><br />I think your compost will be great - what is on the bottom of the pile. I have some bio-activator for you if you want or need it.<br /><br />Too bad we don't have pine needles...maybe we will think up something else that will work here....we do have pine cones...what can we do with them? compost?Kate E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00066896916744020747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1357761496086552834.post-56410951304513901602010-03-20T22:12:06.485-04:002010-03-20T22:12:06.485-04:00Oh boy...I should check my spelling before I put u...Oh boy...I should check my spelling before I put up my comment...sorry for all the misspellings.Dollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12338709785342570719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1357761496086552834.post-47451084930988527922010-03-20T22:10:56.080-04:002010-03-20T22:10:56.080-04:00Yes, I do want to go out in my garden...the weathe...Yes, I do want to go out in my garden...the weather has been fabulous. I had a pretty nice garden last year....tomatoes (several varieties), peppers (they did the best), basis and chives, which both did great....zucchini (just couldn't get it to ripen)....and cucumber, which always does fabulous and they are eaten as fast as we pick them. I'd live to expand my garden and also try different ways to grow my zucchini and cucumbers. One nice thing we tried last year that really kept the weeds away and was good for getting up and down our rows was to put our pine needles down as mulch...it worked very well.<br />I'm looking forward to hearing about your garden year and all of your ideas this year. I'm also anxious to see how well my compost is doing and if it is ready to use this year.Dollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12338709785342570719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1357761496086552834.post-31409749746299519712010-03-20T20:04:51.192-04:002010-03-20T20:04:51.192-04:00Thanks!!! :) I hope you will not run into another...Thanks!!! :) I hope you will not run into another farmer who doesn't want to tell you how his food is grown...isn't it funny how that happened and do you wonder if he'd have the nerve to ask that question this year after all of the exposure with Food, Inc. and other info. in the media? I am always nervous to ask that question, but we shouldn't have to feel nervous to know where our food comes from!Kate E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00066896916744020747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1357761496086552834.post-40516310536706011922010-03-20T15:10:38.144-04:002010-03-20T15:10:38.144-04:00Aspiring to start a garden, and make it to more fa...Aspiring to start a garden, and make it to more farmers markets this summer (hopefully organic. Also to eat more locally, and what is in season! Love the blog Kate!kukahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00990167932608977263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1357761496086552834.post-54555180861011735702010-03-18T13:33:04.521-04:002010-03-18T13:33:04.521-04:00http://beta.davidsuzuki.org/do/eat-responsibly/http://beta.davidsuzuki.org/do/eat-responsibly/Kate E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00066896916744020747noreply@blogger.com