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Super Simple Composting

Fall is a great time to start a compost pile, or to try a new method of super simple composting.
Composting happens no matter how you make your compost pile or how much attention you give to it. There are almost as many ways to make a compost pile as there are gardeners. Each [...]

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Does Your Area Have a Community Garden Program?

Whenever you drive through a rural area, you probably notice that most acreages and homes plant their own gardens. There’s nothing new about this. Landowners of all kinds have always enjoyed the benefits of growing vegetables and fruit for themselves.
City apartment and town-home dwellers often do not have this opportunity. Even city lots don’t have [...]

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The Best Recipe for Compost

Imagine yourself as a chef. To cook a delicious meal, you select the best ingredients and combine them in a certain way, and in measured quantities to create wonderful dishes. The same can be said when creating compost. Just like cooking, you are given the task of putting together in measured amounts the “green” and [...]

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Did You Know These 7 Major Benefits of Composting?

Composting is actually easy, takes little time, and if done correctly, creates no bad odors. Here are my top 7 personal reasons for composting.

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Grow Some Worms – Feed Your Garden

Have you ever heard of vermiculture?  Simply, it is a way to compost your kitchen waste with the help of worms.  Vermiculture makes composting really easy by using the natural digestive processes of worms to make a great fertilizer out of organic waste. Composting, the practice of breaking down organic matter to a natural fertilizer, [...]

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How to Build a Compost

Building your own compost heap has many rewards. Not only will you be helping the planet by recycling and putting waste back into the “earth” but you can also make one of the most nutrient-rich soils for your garden plants and vegetables – a win/win situation for all.
Here’s how to do it:
Prepare the area/container – [...]

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