Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Greg Bell <gregbell@znet.com>]

> I forgot to point out one key issue: it's my only compost pile.  I'm in 
> a rental, so I can't do what I want: I'd have to reclaim space from 
> existing lawn, and as much as I'm tempted to, the landlord has a lawn 
> fetish (as does everyone else around me- Stepfordville!) :-(

i replaced some lawn in the back yard to put in a veggie bed.  i know that 
makes me a bad tenant.  but, i think we're headed towards crisis, and the 
need to figure out how to grow food trumps the owner's desire to keep a 
lawn in my book.

i may have to take my lumps, but i'm planning on just re-sowing it a few 
months before i leave...

so ask yourself how serious things would have to be before you just went 
ahead and replaced that evil lawn.

~gb