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Can Compost Kill? (article)

[originally found here: http://www.mnn.com/your-home/organic-farming-gardening/stories/can-compost-kill] Before we get started, let me get this disclosure out of the way: I love compost. From peeing on my garden mulch to composting the waste from my house move, I've written prolifically about my adventures in rotting biomass. I never fail to be amazed how nature’s regenerative powers can take dead, rotting waste, and cycle it back into life-enhancing black gold. Is compost the enemy? As an enthusiast, I've always been confused by the idea that anyone could not love compost. Yet these people exist. In fact, a quick search of the Internet will find those who don’t just “not love” compost — they actively hate it. Some even see it as a threat to our health, well-being and way of life. Take this impassioned,…

Vancouver organics may hit 50,000 tons a year (article)

originally posted at WRN here: http://www.wasterecyclingnews.com/article/20130415/NEWS02/130419949/vancouver-organics-may-hit-50000-tons-a-year?utm_campaign=daily_newsletter&utm_medium=daily_email&utm_source=daily_20130415&utm_content=article3 Vancouver expects to nearly double its collection of organic waste to nearly 50,000 tons annually, and needs to build a new organics transfer facility to handle the material. In a "request for expressions of interest," or RFEOI, to city seeks architectural and engineering services for the design of the new facility. "As the City of Vancouver moves to expand food scraps collection from its residents this year, the additional material that will be collected is expected to exceed the capacity of the [Vancouver South Transfer Station]," the city said in the RFEOI. In 2011, the city collected about 26,000 tons of organics from Vancouver homes. That number will rise to almost 50,000 tons, according to the city. The city hopes to have the project…

Roof Top Gardening

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqARxCFdgOo You can start this at 7:18 and get the full effect...the last minute or so is really great. I'm psyched to start mine! I'm thinking basil, chives, mint, and tomatoes for starters...