Composting Info Updates

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Administrator — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:45:01 +0000

Worm Composting Info

kswanson56 — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:00:51 +0000

Check out this new composting journal and vermiculture guide. It’s the Beta version without a design and a few spelling errors, but it’s still a great resource for those interested in composting with red wiggler worms. The website has a journal which is regularly updated, so check it out.

Even Martha Stewart is working with worms these days.

Funny Gardening Tips from the Onion

kswanson56 — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:33:23 +0000

The Onion has a few tips for getting this year’s gardening season started off right. Here’s a sample to give you an idea what kind of advice you’re in for:

Gardening experts agree that talking to your plants is a great way to exhale carbon dioxide onto them.

They also have some tips for making fool-proof Faustian pacts with your garden gnomes to ensure that your gardenias will be the best of your block. Silly stuff but very entertaining.

Read the rest here!

Plant Thieves will be Composted!

Administrator — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 15:27:08 +0000

Plant Thieves will be Composted!

Compost is people! It’s people!

Coffee grounds and composting

Administrator — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:42:34 +0000

coffee for compost

Spotted this photo on Flickr.

Looks pretty gross on your desk, but your plants will sure like it when it turns into finished compost!

Eco-friendly Christmas Tree Disposal

kswanson56 — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 20:13:01 +0000

If you had a live Christmas tree this year, you know very well that throwing that tree out in the garbage is not the best way to dispose of it. Thankfully, there are a number of eco-friendly Christmas tree disposal methods to choose from. If you have a chipper shredder, you can use the leftovers in your compost. Many cities offer Christmas tree recycling programs. You can also check out this handy guide to safely getting rid old Tannenbaum. Handy tips abound!

Compost Indoors in the Winter

kswanson56 — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 23:34:50 +0000

Feeling lazy about going out to the compost bin in the winter? Not to worry, this kitchen compost unit is an excellent gardening tool that allows you to compost (smell-free) from the comfort of your own kitchen! It uses a unique fermenting process to decompose organic material. The kitchen composter is also a great gift for those who live in apartments and who may not have room to set up an outdoor compost bin.

Compost Your Pumpkin!

kswanson56 — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:39:51 +0000

By now your Halloween pumpkin has got to be looking pretty pathetic. But not to worry, you can indeed compost your pumpkin! You can also eat it! While most pumpkins sold for ornamental purposes don’t have the rich flavor of cooking pumpkins, ornamental pumpkins can make a pretty decent pumpkin soup or pumpkin pie. Also, some cities even offer special pumpkin pickup services.

What You Need to Know About NPK Labels

kswanson56 — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:40:29 +0000

Check out this interesting article about NPK labels on fertilizers. You may be surprised at what they really mean! In fact, you may be surprised to know that compost can greatly reduce the amount of fertilizer your plants actually need! With good gardening practices, you may not need to fertilize your garden at all! Here’s a sample of what the article has to say:

German scientist Justus Von Liebig was responsible for the theory that Nitrogen, Phosphorous, and Potassium levels are the basis for determining healthy plant growth. However, this theory, which dates to the 1800s, doesn’t take into account the dozens of other nutrients and elements that are essential to plant growth such as sulfur, hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, magnesium, etc. Nor does the theory talk about the importance of beneficial soil organisms that help your plants to absorb nutrients and fight off pests and diseases.

Composting Recycled Paper Helps Fight Plant Diseases

kswanson56 — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:35:19 +0000

Compost made from recycled paper apparently has the extraordinary ability to help your plants fight off diseases. Or so says new research by the University of Warwick. A team of researchers working under Professor Ralph Noble has done some interesting experiments recently that give organic gardeners and those who compost a big boost. Ok, my first question is: where the heck is the University of Warwick? In the U.K. Oh, Okey-Dokey. Like all good Americas, I pride myself on my ignorance of other countries. Anyway, back to the compost! Biology New Net reports:

“…..Professor Ralph Noble has recently shown that the use of composts can reduce the incidence of some important plant diseases by as much as 72%. That research, funded by the UK government’s Waste and Resource Action Programme (WRAP), found that the replacement of around 20% of the volume of soil or peat by compost gave major disease control benefits. Professor Ralph Noble’s latest research appears to add another ecological benefit. Early results from trials with conifers using compost made from paper waste shows that it is providing much the same disease suppressing effect as green compost made from plant waste. This provides an obvious additional commercial use for the vast amount of paper waste generated by offices and homes. “