How do the Sheep Come Home for the Winter in Iceland?

Icelandic sheep are super interesting! They were dropped off in Iceland about 1,000 years ago by Vikings. There are no predators, so the sheep are turned out into the mountains for the summer months to forage for themselves. Every fall, the shepherds and their families bring them home in a communal effort called Rettir. Here’s …

Do Vegetables Need Fertilizer?

Standing at the Fall Fair one year next to my first-prize-winning tomatoes, I heard someone say, “There’s no way those were grown organically, they don’t get that big unless you fertilize them.”  Not so!  Not only were my tomatoes only fed compost, but a lot of the other prize-winning vegetables that day were grown the …