According to a recent AJC article (“The toll of food waste globally”) an estimated 40 percent of edible food is thrown away by retailers and households. This is shocking! Remember your parents telling you to clear your dinner plate - there were starving children all over the world who need food. Well, it’s true - but remember “the world” includes Atlanta - and we can help! Do you work at a community garden, or grow vegetables that you don’t use? Are you a gardener whose neighbors turn and run when they see you coming with those mounds of zucchini? Well, don’t waste them! When you are done …

Some very interesting questions this week! I have recently cleared an area of vinca and various weed trees. How do I keep them from coming back? How do I get rid of wisteria? - Cindy Smallwood To keep weeds from coming back requires vigilance. Pull the weeds as you see them, and especially don’t let them go to seed. Keep areas mulched and/or install other plants to shade out competition. Weed species are very competitive, so make areas less suitable for their growth. The best way to get rid of wisteria is to cut all woody vines and side shoots back to stumps and then treat the fresh cut …