Compost

A Gardener’s Key Takeaways From One Of The Hottest Summers On Record

We will remember the summer of 2023 for many things, like wildfires, high temperatures, drought, and severe rainstorms that caused …

Dressed To Impress: Feeding Your Soil From The Top

Topdressing is an excellent way to feed your soil and, in turn, your plants. So in the words of Motley …

Want To Save The World? Start By Saving The Soil

What is “Living Soil”? It seems like a concept that has been gaining momentum in the 21st century. I won’t …

Experimenting With Substrates: Homemade Soil Mixes

It’s the first week in May as an intermittent hailstorm pummels the polycarbonate roof of Incredible Farm’s greenhouse. Head grower …

Tips And Tricks To Fertilizing The Home Garden

Finding the right balance of nutrients for plants is a constant process of giving and taking. First, we improve the …

Fight Pests, Diseases, and Improve Soil Health with Vermicast

Drink Up: Making Nutrient-Rich Compost Tea For The Garden

Enjoying some tea in the garden sounds like a zen way to spend a morning or afternoon; why not offer …

Give Back To The Earth With Compost

Hands down, compost is the best way we can add nutrients back into the soil. Beyond being rewarded with thriving …

Produce Stickers Not Welcome In The Compost Heap

Hands up if you’re guilty of occasionally forgetting to peel the stickers off of some of the leftover produce you …

How To Compost In The Winter

With the cooler weather here, it’s time to put the outdoor gardens to bed for another year. But what about …

Top 5 Reasons Why We (And Gardens) Love Vermicompost

I have to admit; I wasn’t so sure about having thousands of worms eating food scraps in my basement. But …

Worms At Work: How To Build Your Own Vermicomposting Bin

When looking for the king of all composters, gardening gurus say look no further than red wiggler worms (Eisenia foetida). …

Major Breakthroughs In Recycling Food Waste

Plastic is a problem. So is food waste. A team of researchers from Montreal, Canada has decided to tackle both …

Upcycling In and Out of the Garden

Upcycling is the repurposing of an old, unwanted, broken item, or it’s by-products or wastage into a brand new product, …

Drunk As A… Raccoon? Fermenting Food Leads To Buzz For Wildlife

You’ve heard the saying drunk as a skunk, but how about drunk as a raccoon? A few of these masked …

People Living In Small Spaces Can Make A Big Difference With Compost

Think composting is reserved for people who have sprawling gardens and large yards? Think again. The breakdown of organic materials …

Healthy Soil, Healthy People: Why Composting Food Waste Is So Important

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.2.1″] Every year, a third of the food we produce is wasted. That alone is a travesty, …

Modern Composting Ideas

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Keyhole Garden: Growing & Composting Combo

A drought-tolerant garden is a must in places where it’s consistently hot and dry through the summer months, making a …

Home Composting

Home composting relies upon one of the simplest axioms of nature: Things of the forest live by eating from the …