What makes one plant “beneficial” and another a “weed?” Mint, for example, figures into many cuisines around the world; when muddled, it releases fragrant oils that brighten our summer teas and cocktails. It is even sold in small, adorable containers in local garden stores. Gardeners willfully plant it in their plots. And yet,
Love Song to Bunny Poop: a gardener’s gratitude By Amelia Wilson I’ve been an amateur–but serious–gardener for most of my life. My mother, a history professor in a small town in the Midwest, was a certified organic farmer well before there were trendy farmers’ markets and organic sections in every grocery store, Walmart and food-co-op.
We have our own unique compost system in the garden and wanted to inspire our youngest gardeners to take part in the making of what we dubbed “magic soil,” the end result of our composting chain. As a teacher, my classroom is always the first laboratory I turn to when I want to explore something scientific, organic and awesome.