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How to Compost - Compost in the Small Garden 1 year 15 weeks ago

A great garden needs enriched soil and the best method of enriching your soil is to build and use and compost pile. Composting adds texture and nutrition to the garden and is a sustainable practice for the organic gardener.
Building a compost pile is easy and even a small yard has room for a tidy compost pile. Commercial compost bins are available complete with air holes and lids.
Compost ingredients are free. You can use grass clippings, shredded leaves, coffee grounds, tea bags, shredded newspaper, and other household trash.

Live Composting Worms 16 weeks 1 day ago

The redworm eats its own body weight in compost daily. Just simply put a bag of redworms in your garden or compost pile and reap the best organic soil available without chemicals or fertilizers. Healthy soil equates to a garden of plentiful fruits and vegetables.

Bokashi Composting - How to Make Compost in Your Kitchen 2 years 11 weeks ago

Many people don't have room in their garden for a traditional compost heap. But you can still recycle kitchen wastes and organic materials on a small scale in your kitchen with a Bokashi compost bin. It's easy, safe and odourless. Each day food scraps are added to a bucket with a tight fitting lid together with a little Bokashi compost starter. After 10-14 days the 'pickled compost' can be buried in the garden in the same way as traditional compost. Bokashi compost is an excellent plant food and soil conditioner and a plant food.

How to Compost to Make Organic Fertilizer 1 year 50 weeks ago

Composting can be a fun family project and produces great organic fertilizer for gardens. Everyday table waste and trash can be easily composted.

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