Although wind provides air, too much wind can dry and/or scatter the material. Sunlight: Sunshine can help warm the compost pile in the winter, but too much sunlight can dry it out. If the pile is located by a large deciduous tree, you will have cool shade in the summer and sunlight...
while harvesting vermicompost in the process. If the new system is set up ahead of time and allowed to age, the worms should move down quite quickly. If you really don’t want to lose the babies or those not yet hatched from the cocoons in the material, you will need to let the stuf...
This web site is designed to promote and encourage composting of organic household, garden, and food waste in the hope that we can reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill sites, reduce the “waste miles” associated with kerbside collections and imp
we had a compost pile and we kids took turns taking kitchen peelings out to it. Perhaps that’s why I find composting to be the most natural thing in the world.Good reasons for backyard
Urban composting becomes more and more popular each year as the focus on sustainability increases in our culture. These methods of composting are good for those in apartments, those with winter, those who just don’t like to walk outside to the compost pile!
compost has a reputation for being difficult to master. Yet nothing could be further from the truth. If I can make hot, 160-degree compost during an Alaska winter (see photo below), you can too--no matterwhereyou grow your tomatoes. It's easy. In fact, you cancompost 163 materials!
At its most basic, a composting system doesn’t need to consist of anything more than a pile in the corner of your yard. As long as the pile ends up being about 4 feet high, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet deep, it should successfully decompose everything you throw at it. ...
I live in Montana and I have found that my compost slows down in the winter greatly. But freezing process helps in breaking down the compost and once it warms up and can be turned, it heats up rather quickly in the spring. I add kitchen scraps all winter. ...
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Tips on How to Winterize a Vegetable Garden September 25, 2023 As the vibrant colors of autumn give way to the frosty embrace of winter, gardeners face the challenge of preserving their beloved vegetable gardens... Read More Growing Zucchini Vertically in Your Garden: Maximizing Space and Yield...