How to Make Compost for your Garden

Every year, hundreds of thousands of tons of organic matter ends up in landfills. These sadly wasted fruit and vegetable pieces, leftovers, etc. are full of nutrients and vitamins that your garden soil needs to stay healthy and productive (and to keep your plants healthy too!). Making compost is, simply, the act of taking organic matter (vegetable and plant pieces) and turning them into rich friable (crumbly) soil for your garden.

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How to Make Compost for your Garden

Every year, hundreds of thousands of tons of organic matter ends up in landfills. These sadly wasted fruit and vegetable pieces, leftovers, etc. are full of nutrients and vitamins that your garden soil needs to stay healthy and productive (and to keep your plants healthy too!). Making compost is, simply, the act of taking organic matter (vegetable and plant pieces) and turning them into rich friable (crumbly) soil for your garden.

More (much more) Information Here ! 

Gardens are growing warmer.

This animation illustrates the general warming that has occurred from 1990 to 2006. Click the play button to see how the hardiness zones have changed.

Note this post makes no comment about how or why our gardening experience are growing warmer. Only that it is happening

Interactive graph 1990 hardiness zones vs 2006 

Gardens are growing warmer.

This animation illustrates the general warming that has occurred from 1990 to 2006. Click the play button to see how the hardiness zones have changed.

Note this post makes no comment about how or why our gardening experience are growing warmer. Only that it is happening

Interactive graph 1990 hardiness zones vs 2006 

Clintionville Getting Pho !

6-1-Pho, offering Vietnamese-style street food, is opening July 1 in Clintonville.

The restaurant will take over roughly 1,800 square feet of space at 4368 N. High St., at the northeast corner of High Street and Henderson Road.

Lisa Bui, who owns 6-1-Pho with her husband Ian Capotosta, said the setup is much like Chipotle: customers can choose a rice bowl, soup or banh mi, a Vietnamese-style sub, and choose a protein, vegetables and other fresh ingredients.

6-1-Pho gets its name from the Columbus area code, 614.

Clintionville Getting Pho !

6-1-Pho, offering Vietnamese-style street food, is opening July 1 in Clintonville.

The restaurant will take over roughly 1,800 square feet of space at 4368 N. High St., at the northeast corner of High Street and Henderson Road.

Lisa Bui, who owns 6-1-Pho with her husband Ian Capotosta, said the setup is much like Chipotle: customers can choose a rice bowl, soup or banh mi, a Vietnamese-style sub, and choose a protein, vegetables and other fresh ingredients.

6-1-Pho gets its name from the Columbus area code, 614.

Rogue Fitness Plans Manufacturing Relocation

Founded in 2006 by Bill Henniger, Rogue Fitness is a manufacturer of strength and conditioning equipment for popular workout programs like CrossFit. The company has rapidly grown since then, and plans to relocate from the Fifth by Northwest area to a new 500,000 square foot manufacturing facility at Fifth Avenue and Cleveland Avenue.

Read the news here ! 

Rogue Fitness Plans Manufacturing Relocation

Founded in 2006 by Bill Henniger, Rogue Fitness is a manufacturer of strength and conditioning equipment for popular workout programs like CrossFit. The company has rapidly grown since then, and plans to relocate from the Fifth by Northwest area to a new 500,000 square foot manufacturing facility at Fifth Avenue and Cleveland Avenue.

Read the news here ! 

How to Test Your Garden Soil pH Level

Testing soil pH (periodically) will help ensure that you're getting the healthiest and biggest yield of crops from your garden. Testing soil pH every three years is optimal in providing your plants an environment in which they are healthy and continue to produce high yields.

Read the Article Here 

How to Test Your Garden Soil pH Level

Testing soil pH (periodically) will help ensure that you're getting the healthiest and biggest yield of crops from your garden. Testing soil pH every three years is optimal in providing your plants an environment in which they are healthy and continue to produce high yields.

Read the Article Here 

Downtown “Micro Living” Developments

Nearly a year ago, a redevelopment project at Front Street and Long Street was announced that would bring some much needed affordability to the Downtown core of Columbus. Three empty buildings in a prime location would be converted into “Workforce Housing”, a term used by Mayor Michael Coleman during the 2014 State of the City address.

“When we began this effort, I said that Downtown is everybody’s neighborhood — but when it comes to housing, it’s not,” stated Coleman last year. “Our success has been tempered because not everybody can live Downtown. If you cannot afford $2,500 rent for a two-bedroom apartment, then you cannot live Downtown, even if you work Downtown.”

 Micro Living Downtown ?

Downtown “Micro Living” Developments

Nearly a year ago, a redevelopment project at Front Street and Long Street was announced that would bring some much needed affordability to the Downtown core of Columbus. Three empty buildings in a prime location would be converted into “Workforce Housing”, a term used by Mayor Michael Coleman during the 2014 State of the City address.

“When we began this effort, I said that Downtown is everybody’s neighborhood — but when it comes to housing, it’s not,” stated Coleman last year. “Our success has been tempered because not everybody can live Downtown. If you cannot afford $2,500 rent for a two-bedroom apartment, then you cannot live Downtown, even if you work Downtown.”

 Micro Living Downtown ?

Zillow’s Zestimates way off in some areas

When CBS This Morning co-host Norah O’Donnell asked the CEO of Zillow recently about the accuracy of the website’s automated property value estimates — known as Zestimates — she touched on one of the most sensitive perception gaps in American real estate.

Full Story HERE 

Zillow’s Zestimates way off in some areas

When CBS This Morning co-host Norah O’Donnell asked the CEO of Zillow recently about the accuracy of the website’s automated property value estimates — known as Zestimates — she touched on one of the most sensitive perception gaps in American real estate.

Full Story HERE 

2015 Economic Forecast Calls for 21,000 New Jobs in Columbus

Predicting that it’s going to be a pretty good year is an altogether rare and fun thing for an economist to say, but that’s exactly what Bill LaFayette, owner of Regiononmics, foresees for Columbus in 2015.
“[The Columbus Forecast] is calling for an increase in employment of about 21,000 in 2015,” LaFayette says. A 2.1 percent gain, that’s a touch above the predicted U.S. average of 2 percent.

More Good News for Columbus HERE 

2015 Economic Forecast Calls for 21,000 New Jobs in Columbus

Predicting that it’s going to be a pretty good year is an altogether rare and fun thing for an economist to say, but that’s exactly what Bill LaFayette, owner of Regiononmics, foresees for Columbus in 2015.
“[The Columbus Forecast] is calling for an increase in employment of about 21,000 in 2015,” LaFayette says. A 2.1 percent gain, that’s a touch above the predicted U.S. average of 2 percent.

More Good News for Columbus HERE 

Downtown City Core Growing

As Columbus awaits word on whether we will be chosen to host next year's Democratic National Convention, new numbers show the core of the Capital City growing even stronger.  Insiders believe our revitalized Downtown is one of the keys that's helped Columbus make it to the DNC's final three.

It's not exactly news that Downtown Columbus is in the midst of a residential renaissance.

Exciting Stuff Happening Downtown

Downtown City Core Growing

As Columbus awaits word on whether we will be chosen to host next year's Democratic National Convention, new numbers show the core of the Capital City growing even stronger.  Insiders believe our revitalized Downtown is one of the keys that's helped Columbus make it to the DNC's final three.

It's not exactly news that Downtown Columbus is in the midst of a residential renaissance.

Exciting Stuff Happening Downtown

Protected Bike Lane on Summit Just the Beginning

A protected bike lane is planned for a 1.4-mile portion of Summit Street in the University District. The new lane will be ten feet wide and will run from Hudson Street to 11th Avenue, providing both north- and south-bound travel lanes that are separated from car traffic by a two-foot buffer and an eight-foot parking lane.

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Protected Bike Lane on Summit Just the Beginning

A protected bike lane is planned for a 1.4-mile portion of Summit Street in the University District. The new lane will be ten feet wide and will run from Hudson Street to 11th Avenue, providing both north- and south-bound travel lanes that are separated from car traffic by a two-foot buffer and an eight-foot parking lane.

More on Bike Lanes