Contributing Writer: Leslie Foster from Ponderings of an Ohio Farm Girl Because I grew up on a farm, our version of “taking out the trash” meant taking everything that wasn’t in the compost pile or the recycling barrel out to the burn barrel between the barns.  It wasn’t until I was in grad school that I lived in a place where garbage men came and collected my trash.                 As a 26-year-old, I experienced for the first time the magic of garbage collection.  In case you live on a farm, … [Read more...]