Now that Spring is here I want to encourage all of you that can to do two things: 1) Buy a share in a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)/any local sustainable organic farm or grow your own food; 2) start either an indoor or outdoor compost bin/pile.

I finally ordered the worms I needed for my own indoor compost bin and last Thursday evening Kendall and I had a fun evening working on the project. The bag of worms aren’t as bad as I thought they would be (the worms are mostly concealed by the dirt they are packed with). I am great with all sorts of creatures when they are outside, but when I find them or bring them inside my home I kind of… become… a big sissy. On Friday morning we went out of town for the weekend and I was nervous that I was going to come home to a kitchen overtaken by worms that had cleverly escaped from the compost bin. However, to my delight, they were right where I left them and after an afternoon of cooking up a bunch of fresh veggies from our CSA share I was able to gather the scraps, open the lid, and toss them to be composted!

I am a huge fan of CSA’s. They are generally less expensive, more convenient, and more sustainable than buying organic food at the grocery store. As for composting, getting it setup and maintaining it is SO easy and the cost to set it up is minimal. Composting makes extremely rich soil and is better than anything you can buy.

Happy Spring to you all!!!

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