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Straw Bale Garden: Take 2, Scene 2
…point of growth in last year’s garden versus this year: No Compost Tea Straw Bale Garden at 3 Weeks Straw Bale Garden with Compost Tea at 3 Weeks Wondering what…
An Easy Recipe To Building Living Organic Soil
…building a good soil structure: compost, aeration, and organic growing medium. Compost Compost sources will either be thermophilic compost or vermicompost. Thermophilic compost is made by mixing and building piles…
Upcycling In and Out of the Garden
…feed for your plants. Making compost out of leftover food scraps is not a new idea and while augmenting several types of fertilizers is usually advisable, why spend your money…
Straw Bale Garden: Take 2, Scene 1
…most part, just wet inside. Where’s the compost? Identifying the Problem Over the winter, I consulted Evan Folds from Progressive Farms on this non-composting problem. Evan is one of our…
Experimenting With Substrates: Homemade Soil Mixes
…were surprisingly good given the young age of the compost.” Compost Brewing The cowshed is next to the greenhouse which contains three compost bays, each brimming with three cubic meters…
Living Organic Soil: Digging Deeper Into Not Digging At All
…dressing is also ideal. Compost teas have been widely used and recommended within the no-till scene. If using compost teas, we suggest making a compost extract instead of a brew….
10 Year Old Dirt Tycoon
…the time he gets out of high school. He could also become a major player in the commercial compost industry. Learn more at CartersCompost.com. All images courtesy of Carter’s Compost….
Want To Save The World? Start By Saving The Soil
…a small worm compost bin under your sink, or a local green waste composter who will accept your yard waste, a little bit goes a long way. There are two…
Preparing your Soil for Winter
…compost layer – We recommend you pull weeds and set aside mulch in your garden. After this, you can add at most two inches of finished compost layer. Then, you…
A 101 Guide To Repotting Houseplants
…Tease the roots free as gently as possible. Place the root ball into the new pot and gently push the surrounding compost around it. Top up with fresh compost. Don’t…
Budget-Friendly Ways To Grow Food
…fruit. Leave a few seeds in half the skin and fill with moist compost. Plant into a pot of compost, water well, and you’ll soon have seedlings. These have always…
Strategies for Gardening with Climate Change
…inoculating your soil or potting mix with worm castings, microbial products and compost to help restock beneficial soil worker populations. Protect worm farms and compost systems Ensure standalone worm farms…
How To Make Your Own Organic Gardening Soil
…requires a base, some aeration, compost, and nutrition. The Base Ingredients used for base materials include peat moss, coconut coir, and partially composted pine bark. There are pros and cons…
Garden Gadgets Perfect For Growing in A Controlled Environment And Outdoors
…molasses for a good source of sugars which the bacteria use for energy. Ensure the compost (we’re talking nice-smelling, earthy and fresh compost) is a massive collection of soil animals,…
FYI: Banana Peel Fertilizer
…any garden, really. Knowing what I do about the banana industry I wouldn’t even put them in the flower garden or the compost pile. There’s some things you need to…
No-Till And No-Dig Gardening Techniques Gaining Ground
…the newspaper with compost, dried leaves or mulch, then water well. Plant right away by peeling back some of the compost and punching a hole in the paper. Or, wait…
Growing Better Wheatgrass
…you look for organic compost labeled for growing food, you’ll be fine. Straight compost dries out faster than compost mixed with topsoil. You can’t beat real soil. It has over…
Smart Planting in Fabric Pots
…root growth too. Just mix it yourself with a bag of potting soil and a bag of organic compost. Make sure the compost bag doesn’t say “landscape quality” – there…
Get Your Victory Garden Growing With This Planner
…compost . Whether you have sandy soil or high clay, good compost helps improve conditions. The best time to add compost is in the fall because, despite conventional wisdom, the…
5 Cool Ways Regenerative Agriculture Works
…bale gardening. Even if you have an existing garden, making the transition to no-dig is easy. And your back with thank you! Compost The benefits of compost cannot be overstated….