Soil - put your kitchen scraps to good use: Make your own compost. While there are highly advanced ways of composting, an easy way to start is in your kitchen. Throw coffee grounds, vegetable peels, eggshells and other scraps into a small compost pail and use the rubbish as mulch. Plants...
“Organic farms are more likely to use compost or manure rather than commercially bought fertilizers. If the compost is not properly processed such that pathogens naturally present in animal stool survive, the soil will become contaminated.” What are the symptoms of E. ...
If you’re a keen gardener, bagged compost will probably feature on your shopping list from time to time when you visit the garden centre. But have you ever checked whether the compost you’re buying is peat-free compost? If it isn’t, you could be contributing to climate change without...
I’m obviously preaching the the choir here when I say this is so disturbing. I wrote them a letter recently that I have posted on the thread, “I’m writing a letter to my favorite Companies” if you want to take a look. However, I’m reaching out to the community her...
8 Raised Beds That Make It Easier to Grow Your Own Fresh Produce Creating well-draining soil in pots is similar. You can either buy bagged potting mix ormake your own blend. It's best not to use soil from your garden in containers, no matter how well-drained. It tends to be too hea...
1. Throw the Poop in the Trash “But didn’t you just tell me NOT to throw my dog’s poop away?” Yes, yes, but there is a caveat:Not all plastic bags are created equal. While the plastic grocery or bread bags many of us use to clean up our dog’s poop are not the best op...
the roots moist, but not soggy}. Then, you can set the bagged plants in a pot, bucket, etc. {to keep them upright} in a cool dark place. You can set more than one plant in a bucket/container this way, and you won’t need so many pots. That will buy you a week to 10 d...
The other things gardeners want to be aware of who are growing potatoes, is that you don’t want to just take a potato that is being sold in a grocery store and plant it. There is a higher chance that it has the late-blight pathogen than if you buy tubers being sold as seed. ...