Leaf Mould – It’s Free!
Once again, autumn is here and the wild winds are whipping up the trees, forcing the leaves to make a break for it! Good news for those of us who find a pile of...
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Composting Straw
– a useful composting ingredient. If you are looking for some variety in the compost ingredients for your bin or pile and if you can lay your hands on some composting straw, you...
About Manure – Awesome Stuff
“Manure, the dung and urine of animals, is the most important single ingredient in the compost heap. It is difficult, although not impossible, to make a good compost pile without it.” The Rodale Book...
Bokashi – One Chemicals – Nil
Compost is playing a role in helping El Salvador farmers to turn their backs on the ‘green revolution.’ It is always encouraging to read about other people’s efforts and successes in the composting world,...
Worm Farming in Schools – Inspiring Students
Today, we are welcoming a guest blogger, Lisa Stephenson from Auckland, New Zealand. Lisa is a teacher in an Intermediate School (11-13 years) in Takapuna, a community on the North Shore of Auckland,...
Compost Equipment – Time to Shop?
When starting out, you really don’t have to spend heaps of money on new compost equipment. If you are an established gardener, you probably have a ready supply of tools, some of which will...
Using Compost – Your Reward for Your Efforts
So – when your first load of compost is ‘done’, your first bin of Bokashi, pickled or when your worms have done their duty – when you have a pile of lovely, cool, dark...
Hot Composting or Cold Composting? Which Way and Does It Matter?
Hot-composting or cold-composting – which way and does it matter? When you decide that you will have a ‘go’ at composting, typically your first decisions will be centred around the answers to such questions...
Composting Tips – How To Set Up Your Composting Project for Success
There are lists of composting tips everywhere you look and here is no exception. This short list, however, may be the best of all, as planning your project carefully should ensure that you are...
Are They Using Compost at Hever Castle – Find Out Here.
One of the great pleasures of living in England and particularly in Kent, is that one is always within a spit of any number of notable gardens open to the public. It is...