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When starting to compost, one must ask, which exactly is better the compost bin or the compost tumbler? Really, it all depends on who you ask & what their current lifestyle is like. For instance, does this person have the time to commit to their compost & garden? More importantly, do you? […]

Air is one of the three essential requirements needed by the decomposer organisms in your compost pile.
Because air penetrates only the first few inches of the pile, it needs help to reach the center. For this reason if you suddenly get that nasty rotten egg smell around the compost, it means that anaerobic bacteria are […]

Air is one of the three essential requirements needed by the decomposer organisms in your compost pile.
Because air penetrates only the first few inches of the pile, it needs help to reach the composting pile’s center. For this reason if you suddenly get that nasty rotten egg smell around the compost, it means that anaerobic […]

Adding organic material into your compost can occasionally be a sticky situation, especially if you are new to the composting game. You’ve probably heard of some stuff called “green matter” & “brown matter,” too. Now, as gross as that may sound to some of you, it is really not what you think. […]

Composting with Containers
For flower gardens, your compost mixture should be made in layers using nothing except green organic materials. There is more. There is more. Those with a disdain for using chemical fertilizers can create their own compost pile using organic waste material to use on their garden or in separate containers. There is more. […]

A soil can never get enough compost because soil can always be improved with additional organic matter. Compost is organic matter that has broken down sufficiently such that its mineral & nutrient components can be readily absorbed by plants. You can either buy compost or create compost yourself.
In order to create compost, you will need […]

Here’s a cheery little thought that you can meditate over: have you ever opened up your compost bin & find all sorts of little critters ambling about in there? I can tell you that I have, & from what experience & many composting teachers have taught me, most of the time that is normal […]

We know & understand that compost is “Backyard Magic” because compost helps restructure the soil, it reconditions the soil, it helps the soil hold onto its water thus protecting it from drought & erosion, & most importantly it puts nutrients back into the soil & by the same token into our food to help us […]

Building a compost bin can be a fun & challenging project for the family. And, at the same time it allows you to help save the environment.
A compost bin is basically a ‘container’ for turning waste organic material such as fruit & vegetable peelings, leaves & grass clippings into compost so that they can be […]

If you ever come in contact with just-finished compost, you can not help but notice that pungent, one-of-a-kind sweet forest-floor smell which comes wafting your way. It is like magic to a gardener’s senses.
In order to end up with this crumbly, dark, soil-like humus, you can select from a variety of processes; however, in all […]