I’m a very climate-conscious person. I’ve dedicated a lot of adult life to trying to protect and build more green spaces while reducing reliance on fossil fuels. Yes, there’s a glaring contradiction in my way of life: I’ve flown a…
“I can’t compost, I don’t want my kitchen to get stinky.” This is the number one objection I hear from people who are hesitant to compost. And as a community composter in New York City, I hear it a lot….
I take smells in our community compost bin extremely seriously. If you’re composting in your backyard, a smelly pile is a sign you need to make some corrections. In my setting, we have a compost site in a Bronx community…
Yes, you can compost in winter. Your pile doesn’t need to hibernate. You don’t need to stop collecting food scraps. And no, you don’t need some fancy heated bin or expensive equipment. I run a community compost operation here in…
I wanted to write this article as someone who has become deeply involved in New York’s community gardens, specifically community composting, over the past two years. Very often, funding for these types of programs is thought of as a “nice…
In my community garden, there are a small number of thundering trees: London Plane trees (Platanus x acerifolia). And if you live in New York, you no doubt recognize these trees. It has the peeling bark and a mottled camouflage…
A few months ago, my neighborhood got a new protected bike lane. I was happy. Protected bike lanes mean I (and others) get to not die when I ride a bike. In the wake, so many of my neighbors commented,…