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Impact Of Demonstration Of Vermy Composting For The Benefit Of Sc St Population In The Washim District Of Maharashtra
Aug 30th
IMPACT OF DEMONSTRATION OF VERMY COMPOSTING FOR THE BENEFIT OF SC ST POPULATION IN THE WASHIM DISTRICT OF MAHARASHTRA
P.P.Shelke, Principal Investigator
Background:-
Washim District is situated in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. Earlier it was in Akola District of Maharasshtra. The District was earmarked with remote distance from Distarict Place of Akola. The population of the district was mostly tribal and SC and ST communities. The education level was not so high and the major source of Income was the Agriculture Land. This is the case when the KVK was established in 1994 at Risod.
KVK scientist have studied the More >
The Keys To Great Composting
Aug 23rd
While making compost is really not that challenging, it is important to understand some key elements that are involved. They are not herculean, but they are important.
One of the key elements involved in producing good compost, is the size of your compost pile. If you are going to make a pile, it should measure no higher than three feet and no larger than three feet by three feet. This size will be sufficient enough to ensure that your compost ‘cooks’ well and is turned into rich fertilizer. Any attempt to make a compost pile bigger than this will likely be More >
How To Deal With The Problem Of Transporting Kitchen Waste To The Compost
Aug 16th
When composting, one of the most common problems that many people run into is how to carry their kitchen waste from the kitchen to the compost. Even more challenging is the quandary of what to do with the kitchen compost between gathering it and getting it to the compost pile. While kitchen scraps could for sure be taken out on a regular basis, this can sometimes turn too much of a burden for numerous people, especially when preparing multiple repasts per day.
To effectively handle kitchen compost, many solutions are there to assist you. First, you need to ensure that you More >
Municipal Composting Programs?-a Way to Go Green
Aug 9th
Composting has occurred since plants first existed on the earth. When leaves and fruit fall from trees, and when plants die, they drop to the ground, enriching the soil through the process of natural decomposition. This is nature’s way of composting.
Humans have been composting for decades, maybe even centuries. In our recent history, agricultural communities have used composting as a way to enrich their gardens and farmland. In the last two decades, a much larger movement of composting in urban areas has begun, and in recent years, composting has taken on its own popularity as a new way to “go More >
The Weekend Gardener and Compost
Aug 2nd
One of my favorite things to do as a weekend gardener is composting. Composting and the weekend gardener go hand in hand. It is one of the best ways for a weekend gardener to feed his/her garden organically. Basically, composting allows you to turn organic waste into rich nutrients for your garden and, while composting is a very simple process, there are some basic steps that you should follow in order to build a good composting pile. I hope that these tips will help the weekend gardener to develop a love for the weekend garden as I do.
The weekend gardener More >
Compost Tumblers Make Composting Fun
Jul 26th
Before you start on your first composting project of the year, have you thought about what you were going to place your compost in? I don’t mean, “In my garden,” or even, “In my houseplant’s soil,” those are all moot points. I mean, have you considered whether you were going to compost out in the open for anything and everyone to see, or perhaps in a compost bin or compost tumbler? After all, these are important points to consider and they may hold the key to a successful composting project.
There are quite a few methods when it comes to More >
The Benefits of Organic Composting
Jul 19th
Some of us may be hesitant in making and using compost. They find the task of making one troublesome and time consuming. Or they might have false perceptions of smelly compost piles and having such a messy process right in their backyards. While others would prefer buying their fertilizers, soil amendments or conditioners, and mulch from their garden stores to avoid all the hassle of reading about compost and actually making one.
Here are my top personal reasons for composting. I only hope that you move your butt out of that chair and begin your own compost pile before you More >
Composting Kitchen Waste
Jul 12th
There is no need to let kitchen waste go to waste! Gardeners can spend lots of money buying good soil or compost to make the garden grow. There is, however, no need to do that if you eat at home more than once a week! Composting kitchen waste solves several problems simultaneously by converting kitchen scraps that would otherwise be thrown away into rich, organic soil for the garden. Incorporating compost into the soil helps keep the soil alive and life-sustaining. Creating your own compost saves money and helps the environment.
Composting 101 There are a few things that every new composter More >
7 Factors Needed for a Compost Pile
Jul 5th
Compost, made from decomposed grass clippings, leaves, twigs, and branches, becomes a dark, crumbly mixture of organic matter.
Learn how composting works. Even a newbie to composting can make good quality compost. It can be compared to cooking as art or part science. The following 7 factors will help you master the art of composting.
1. Materials
After a time anything that was once alive will naturally decompose. But, not all organic items should be composted for the home. To prepare compost, organic material, microorganisms, air, water, and a small amount of nitrogen are needed.
These items are safe to compost at home:
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The Nitty Gritty Of Starting A Compost
Jun 28th
Composting has been around for many years as an easy way to add nutrients to a garden, but the activity is also a great way to reduce the amount of waste that ends up in our landfills. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reports that as much as 24% of the solid waste in landfills is comprised of food scraps and yard cuttings, which could be composted instead. Composting is a simple step that you and your family can take to help take care of the earth.
To begin your foray into the world of composting, you will need a bin. More >
