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How to Take Great Photos of Your Vegetable Garden (article)

Nothing says success as a gardener more than when the first vegetables start sprouting. All of that hard work, from cultivating the soil, adding in compost, and growing your seeds indoors has all finally come to a positive climax. However, it doesn't have to end there. With the many blogs, message boards and groups on vegetable gardening, why not share your results with other gardeners with some photos. With today's digital cameras and photo editing software, you can have wonderful pictures uploaded and online in no time. Here are some tips to make sure your shots make your veggies look pristine rather than dumpy. Take a Close Up Even though you might have the latest and greatest super zoom camera, I have found that my best photos have come when…

Juicer waste update

I checked out the tumbler today, WOW. Just shy of 100 degrees, full of bugs and smells delicious. I might make a follow-up video tomorrow. Today my mom was in town, so we were talking about composting and fixing up my yard a bit. She hauled away a bunch of the brush you can see in the background of all my videos, and was surprised that I gifted her a kitchen compost crock. It ends up that she's helping coordinate a gardening event in the spring, and so we strategized about how to collect all the event's compostable material and market the effort to the group. It rules being able to talk trash with my mom. Speaking of talking trash, I filmed a video today about what to do with…

How to Turn Compost with The Compost Tumbler (video)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhzVKln_xIc I like this guy. I'm glad he shows the tumbler with a lot of material in it, and how it isn't super easy to spin no matter how you do it. But it sure beats using a pitchfork to aerate the stuff. This appears to be the old model without the extra ventilation slots and the additional cut-outs where you can add your compost thermometer. If you were going to get this one, I would look for the newer version. Either way, go Dave. Nice work on the video!