Okay. We talked about compost ingredients HERE and HERE. Then a friend sent me an email with a few more items I forgot to list. (Thanks Lisa!)
More weird things you can compost…
Old flour, oats or expired grains
Pet Bedding from (rabbits & herbivores only)
Toilet & paper towel rolls
Leftover Wine (Who has leftover wine? That just doesn’t seem possible.)
Have you heard of the America in Bloom?
It is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing communities from a garden perspective. AIB promotes nationwide beautification programs and community involvement through the use of flowers, plants and trees. Since 2001, America in Bloom has encouraged and helped over 150 communities across the US to improve the quality of life of residents and visitors.
They have a contest for communities that feel they have beautified their own communities using plants and good environmental practices. But the real goal should not be to "win" the contest, but to improve communities, become more aware of graffiti, etc. and set out the "welcome mat" to visitors.
Deadline for the next competition is February 28, 2009. The contest looks at eight areas for judging:
- Floral Displays
- Environmental Awareness
- Landscaped Areas
- Tidiness
- Urban Forestry
- Heritage Preservation
- Turf and Groundcovers
- Community Involvement
For more information, visit their website here.
I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that later this weekend, I will be switching my RSS feeds from Feedburner to Google.
So if you suddenly lose my feeds…you know why! If something should go wrong, PLEASE re-sign up for the RSS feed using the little orange button on the right of this blog. I don't want to lose my subscribers!
If I don't do it myself soon, it will happen automatically in a few weeks because Google took over Feedburner. They say that during the switch all should go as planned – But you never know! I just wanted you all to be warned.
Keep your fingers crossed!
Just wanted to give you a heads up that on July 23-25, 2009 The American Horticultural Society is holding their National Children & Youth Garden Symposium. The symposium will be held at the Cleveland Botanical Garden in Ohio.
According to their website:
"Join leading national children and youth gardening experts, teachers, parents, volunteers, and youth to explore how gardens bring together diverse communities and foster curiosity, wonder, beauty, understanding, and acceptance. Let’s come together on this common ground, sharing our creativity and life experiences to forge a greener tomorrow for all to enjoy."
It sounds wonderful. Visit their website for more information.
Related Posts:
Raising A Crop of Young Gardeners: Teaching children to garden
Nature Deficit Disorder – with lots of info for further reading.
Theresa Loe is the award- winning Co-Executive Producer & Canning Expert on Growing A Greener World TV. She blogs here about Living Homegrown®, local and fresh-from-the-garden. 
