in defense

A new recipe?
It looks...
interesting.
Loaded with fresh
ingredients.


A closer look
may tell
the whole story.

Sometimes my compost
looks like a beautiful
albeit
strange
salad concoction.

Why did I decide to post
my bowl of compost
on this sunny
Thursday?

Well...

when someone...

even an anonymous someone

calls me wasteful...

well,

them's fightin' words!

In a recent post I was 

making strawberry syrup

and in the process I composted

the strawberries after

extracting all their

juicy goodness.

Now, I should have added that

you can mash those

strawberries

for a slurry drink...

but this time I was wanting

a clear syrup.

Then I started getting the giggles.

I don't know why 

that happens...

maybe it is a stress relieving mechanism

that my body has adapted 

OR

maybe I began seeing

the funny side of that comment.

Waste.

Is it a waste when I make

my Whole Food Kitchen recipes

like chai tea

and after releasing the flavorful

spices and extract the tea...

I compost what is left behind?

Giggle.

Is it wasteful to

do the same with apple peels...

carrot shavings?

Much of the nutients exist in the

skin of the fruit/veggie...

but that apple pie would have a texture

you may not enjoy.

Giggle.
Juicers...
I won't even go there.
I only hope all you juicers
out there
are rigorously composting the remains.

While preparing my dinner

Coconut Curry With Chickpeas, Cauliflower

and Peas

I added onion skins, potato peels,

pepper seeds and tops

to my compost bowl.

Waste?

My garden thinks differently.

To a gardener...

an organic gardener in particular...

the compost heap

is 

like a pot o' gold.

So in answer to that first question

I posed...a new recipe?

Yes!

Quality compost is a recipe

for a happy garden.

Sorry to anonymous...

but I take caring

for the planet and those who

abide here

very seriously.

:)

Now giggle.