Compost

Enrich your soil and reap major rewards in the garden with our step-by-step guides to composting. Learn about the many benefits and methods of recycling food waste.

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

Catherine Sherriffs

Enjoying some tea in the garden sounds like a zen way to spend a morning or afternoon; why not offer your plants the same treat? Making compost tea for your plants is an excellent way to boost the growing season!  Compost tea is what it sounds like: compost in liquid form. Make this plant feed…

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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 plants, it’s eco-friendly and properly disposes of fruit and veggie scraps otherwise headed to a landfill. In honor of International Compost Awareness Week (May 3-9), here are some tips to help you along the way.…
May 4, 2020
Catherine Sherriffs

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 throw into the compost bin. Think lemon rinds, banana, and avocado peels. It happens, but we all need to be making stronger efforts to make sure it doesn’t. It’s A Big Problem  Food waste is…
February 21, 2020
Catherine Sherriffs

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 the compost heap? Not so fast! Composting in the winter is possible, it’s just a slower process than it is in the summer. It’s slower because the heap won’t ever be hot enough to get…
November 13, 2019
Catherine Sherriffs

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 I’m glad I did it! Six months after setting up my vermicompost center, I have a ton of beautiful, rich castings ready to use on my plants. Here are the top five reasons why we…
July 19, 2019
Catherine Sherriffs

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). Capable of eating the equivalent of their own body weight a day, there is no better way to turn kitchen scraps into black gold. Feeling a little jumpy? Get over it, and your gardens will…
January 30, 2019
Catherine Sherriffs