Tag: compost

  • Bitten by the gardening bug

    Back in October, Alex and I moved into a new apartment. (We had spent only a year in our previous place. The apartment wasn’t bad but the landlord was greedy.) When apartment hunting, I specifically looked for one with outdoor space because I was hankering for some gardenin’. At a certain point, though, I’d given up on finding […]

  • I’m blinded by the sky

    I have never gardened in my life and yet I feel a growing, nagging urge to start my own veggie garden. Of course, I don’t have room for a garden: I live in an apartment that doesn’t even have a fire escape* on which I can start a guerrilla garden. And the sunniest place indoors […]

  • Let them eat vegan!

    For no other reason than “I wanted to,” I’ve adopted a vegan diet. I’ve been consuming less and less meat anyway… and I figured I may as well go 100% animal-free. A few years ago, I gave vegetarianism a go and it didn’t turn out so well. (I binged on hard-boiled eggs one day. It […]