The idea behind the mix is that the yeast from the beer will digest some brown materials. The ammonia is rich in nitrogen, and the sugar from the soda will help feed the bacteria and grow the colonies. If that sounds too messy, then let me show you some products I depend on. FAQ Co...
Obviously, inorganic materials like metal and plastic should be recycled rather than thrown in the compost heap. Every once and awhile I find a sticker from an apple in my garden and it reminds me that most plastic is NOT compostable! Take the time to separate out and recycle plastics and ...
Perhaps you have a beet processing plant or an apple cider producer near your house. These processes make wastes that can be composted, as does residue from cocoa beans, coffee, wineries and breweries. I taught a composting class for Gaia College where we used a nitrogen-rich material called...
I have started getting a lot of tiny flies this year and have tried a few things trying to get rid of them like hanging fly papers near it and spraying with weak greenfly killer but to no avail."Christopher Sperrin on Friday 9 December 2022 "Hi Christopher. If the tiny flies are in...
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Well, you could do what I do which is throw the rotten veggies far into the woods if you are lucky enough to live near the edge of a forest, or you could Trench Compost.Trunch Composting in the Hudson Valley This past Tuesday (March 22, 2022) on Facebook, I saw that the Farmer's...
“I wish someone had told me to start as simple as possible. Figure out one method at a time and add others as you need and have time for them.”– Janet Schofield,Texas A&M Extension “A compost pile on the ground is the best way to go. A lot of times new composters will use...
My compost piles are near my garden beds and adjacent to a small patch of lawn. They get moisture during the dry season whenever I put the sprinkler on the grass. When I’m watering potted plants, I turn the hose on the compost piles if they look dry. ...
The dairy herd from which the manure originated consisted of 53 Holstein Friesian milking cows managed in a free stall barn setting. The manure in the pit contained direct scrapes from the alleyways of the dairy barn with no bedding material. It is considered that a C/N ratio of 25:1 to...