Compost Articles
Indoor Worm Composting
This winter, try indoor worm composting to digest your kitchen scraps and create some nutrient-dense soil for your garden. You can generally feed one pound of worms one pound of garbage and they’ll produce one pound of compost a day. (By garbage, we mean “things we don’t need, but that worms will eat.) You can purchase an indoor worm bin, or …
City Composting a Mandate? San Francisco’s New Law and Why it Exists
Many organic gardeners already use composting practices in their yards, on their decks, or in their kitchens. However, what if city composting became a mandate in your area, and you complied or were fined? Would you be as much of a fan of composting at that point?
Well San Francisco has very recently passed a law requiring that all city residents separate their appropriate food waste into a separate bin. So now instead of …
The Garbage Can Compost Bin
We all want to be greener, healthier and wiser, but we don’t have to break the bank to do it. Here’s my garbage can composter. It’s simple, chic and wallet friendly, not to mention, a good family project.
To Build a Trash Can Compost Bin
A plastic or metal garbage can; it must have a locking lid
A drill
A hole saw bit for metal doors—I used the size for the peep hole
Three or four cinder block-should have holes …
Composting with Worms
We’ve lately had a few questions about composting with worms. Can you put them in a tumbler? Will they get too hot? How do you compost with worms? (Disclaimer: I am not yet a worm farmer, but I have turned to one of my most trusty sources: The Rodale Book of Composting to bring …
Humic Acid: By Popular Demand
Well, most of my friends wanted to hear about something other than humic acid, so I’ll get to their questions tomorrow.
We frequently talk about compost on this blog. Compost is the “miracle pill” for the garden. An addition of compost can improve the worst soils. Making your own compost is relatively easy and inexpensive. However, if you can’t make your own compost, …
Compost Tumbler or Worm Farm-Which is Best?
We get a lot of questions asking which is better-a Compost Tumbler or a Worm Farm? So, I decided to give a rundown on the pros and cons of each. It is really up to you. Here is some information to help you decide!
Worm Farms
The singlemost important question to ask yourself when you consider purchasing a worm farm is: are you ready to be the caretaker …
Investigation of Compost Bins
The last in my series of compost investigation is about compost bins. I have been pondering for a couple of weeks now whether I will want to have a compost pile, or get a compost tumbler or compost bin. I think I am a little bit closer to the decision, especially after helpful comments from our readers. I think I’m going to go with a compost …
Should I get a Compost Tumbler?
[caption id="attachment_932" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="A nice, basic but effective compost tumbler"][/caption]I am back from the compost hiatus. Last Sunday, we (and when I say “we,” I mean “my husband”) cleaned out the gutters. There was some serious composting already happening in there. My fellow garden tweeters let me know that gutter compost is good stuff. It sure looked it! We …
Compost for Gardening on a Budget
So, this whole compost pile activity is going to mesh well with my family New Year’s Resolution to also trim money from the budget and trim our waistlines. I like to garden, and to eat fresh fruits and veggies from my own yard. Our own compost pile will help our garden thrive. Which type of compost is going to be right for us, though? Remember our …
Thinking about the Compost
Today I am going to begin contemplating my new compost pile. This is a bonus week because I was so harried from in-laws and travel that I only posted one post. So, this week, you get three, yes, three posts for the price of two. Big bargain! That means you can head on over to the compost supplies page and stock up. Ok, on with business. …
