Help please!
We have a compost tumbler that we have recently purchased to share with our landlords. We are each adding food scraps (4 adults+1 toddler worth) and it's getting stinky.
Despite my best efforts (breaking and cutting up dry twigs to add
Read more…What makes this work? How do you get the temperature up? How hot is too hot? Should you turn the pile or not? Which 3 ingredients are your faves? How does this method of composting compare to others?
Read more…Has anyone got any experience with composting trees - hugelkulture?
I grew a Blackboy peach tree from a stone: it produces beautiful peaches but the tree is a mutant. EVERY fork in a branch turns into a split that propagates back down the branch and
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how do you compost your green clippings (lawn, leafs, etc)?
Read more…Hi, the previous owners of the house had this compost pile in a corner of the property. Is like a fenced space of 1,5m x 2,5m and about a meter tall. Ive been adding my clippings and browns there, and looking at the bottom it seems to be working. But
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We just chop down a big amount of lilies that were growing under our deck and invading the pathway.
We put them next to our existing compost pile, and we pretty much doubled the size of the whole thing (about 1.5m x 1.5m x 1.5m of lilies).
Read more…Does anyone have any advice or experience on composting biodegradable nappies? I realise that there is a safety aspect and I wouldn't use the compost on the vege garden.
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I had lots of comfrey so I make and use comfrey tea. What does it do? Is it a fertiliser? Or is it doing some other function for my veges?
Any thoughts?
Read more…How does worm farming compare to other types of composting, (that is, if you can call a worm farm a composting system). Why would you use this method over creating a compost heap?
Read more…We've started composting our house and garden waste. I've been reluctant to put newspapers in as I have no idea what chemicals are used in the inks or in the manufacture of the paper.
I am not willing to assume "she'll be right".
I've read modern in
Read more…We are told that a compost heap needs to get plenty of oxygen to encourage aerobic, healthy micro-organisms. The interesting thing is, the Bokashi system is anaerobic and somehow still fantastic for your garden. Why is this? What are the benefits of
Read more…What is a Lasagne Garden? How long should you leave a freshly prepared bed before planting in it? How high do the layers need to be? How does it differ to other methods of composting?
Here's my first attempt at preparing a lasagne garden:
Read more…So many of us have a "compost" heap at the bottom of the garden that is not much more than a place to dispose of our food scraps. Some of us use it for our gardens and consider it gold. What are your secrets to keeping this type of compost pile healt
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