Recycle Your Food
Scientific American just posted this article about how much food we waste in the U.S. It’s good as far as it goes, but I’m a little disappointed that it didn’t mention a really significant, impactful solution that everyone (or nearly everyone) can participate in, to varying degrees.
More after the jump, though the photo above probably tells you where I’m going with this. 
Strawberries! Strawberries EVERYWHERE!
They started out so small and innocent, my strawberry plants.
They were just tiny things, little stalks (not even fully-formed plants) that I stuck in the ground in one tiny little corner of my largest garden patch. I’ve got three patches, you see; one large one (that gets the most sun) and two smaller ones that flank our patio door. I stuck some asparagus over there, too, and largely ignored it—it takes three years for the stuff to grow to edibility, but I was happy to wait.
I wasn’t too sure about the strawberries. I’d never tried to grow them before, but adore them immensely. The asparagus is lovely, too; I have fond memories of eating freshly-picked asparagus out of my grandparents’ garden when I was very small. Peas were my favorite, but asparagus was up there too. Yes, I was totally an odd child. 
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Janaki
