The Herb Companion Sweepstakes

The Herb Companion is having a "List of Likes" sweepstakes. One (1) winner will receive a bunch of goodies, and ten (10) other winners will receive a "Making Herbs Simple" dvd by Bulk Herb store. The sweepstakes ends on January 12, 2010! You must be at least 18 years old to enter. Click here to enter.

Re-Useable Seedling Starter

Re-useable Seedling Starter for Less Than $6

I bought this re-useable seedling starter for less than $6 from my local garden center. It's working well. The tray is designed in a way to help keep the soil moist. I planted butter lettuce, swiss chard, tomatoes, peas, butternut squash, nasturtiums, and thyme seeds. As you can see my swiss chard is doing really well here. Today I transplanted almost all of my seedlings. I'm just wait for a few more to grow to 3 to 4 inches before attempting to transplant them.

Composting Education

This article talks about the global benefits of composting and also goes in depth on how to compost your organic waste.

"An astonishing 26 percent of the garbage we discard is organic waste, Ms. Lamb says — plant and food materials that could be kept out of landfills and worked back into the soil. I didn’t realize that organic waste decomposing in the sun is the No. 1 source of the greenhouse gas methane, which is 20 times more effective in trapping heat in the earth’s atmosphere than carbon dioxide. "

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