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Checking out Worms with the Worm Queen
Lots of people really want to compost their kitchen waste but don't have the space or resources to create a functional compost system. One great way for smaller families and apartment dwellers to generate some great compost is by using red wiggler or compost worms. While they sell fancy worm farms online, if you want to DIY... my wife the worm queen recommends the following tactics...
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Last week I was so desperate for fresh produce, that in a moment of weakness I went to the grocery store and purchased a bunch of out of season produce shipped from great distance to Baltimore. I bought tomatoes and cucumbers and peppers and made myself a beautiful Israeli salad with feta cheese because I was craving it and I could. And- well- what can I say; good olive oil and decent feta is wasted on a salad that tastes like plastic. There's no way around the fact that out of season tomatoes bred for shelf life, produced in industrial systems and shipped half way across the world have very little in common with tomatoes grown with love and compost, picked from the garden and served up still warm from the sunshine.
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Colorful winter salad with red meat radish and Asian pear
I recently had the pleasure of enjoying a brunch out at Miss Shirleys- we got a vegetarian version of an eggs Benedict dish using little corn fritters as the base and it sure got me thinking... Here is a non-hollandaise sauce, garden-to-table version for your consideration.
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