Aeroplus 6000 3-Stage Compost Bin | Gardeners.com
3-Stage Composter Gives You High-Quality Compost with No Turning! Multi-stage composter provides continuous composting action Like having three bins in one! Super-strong 5mm UV-stabilized polypropylene Large capacity; holds 22 cubic feet Watch: Aeroplus 6000 3-Stage Compost Bin Three-stage composter is like having three separate bins in one space-saving unit. Here's how it works: Stage 1: Collect fresh organic matter in the large top chamber. Stage 2: Push waste…
Roundup: 5 DIY Composting Techniques For Creating Your Own Rich, Organic Fertilizer
As a gardener and urban farmer you come to appreciate and treasure compost, or as I affectionately call it, “Black Gold”. Composting itself is actually pretty easy and there are several methods and solutions. Whether you own a full-on farm, or live in a tiny apartment, there is no reason you can’t or shouldn’t be composting. In a world obsessed with “greening,” it’s scary to think about how much food we throw away. A friend of mine started a small scale composting business last year by…
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What to do with fireplace ashes
There are many more uses for fireplace ashes than I ever knew. 1. Compost bin - only a little amongst the organic matter. 2. A light layer around plants can keep slugs away. 3. A tablespoon of ash to 1000 gallons of water for a pond will keep algae down.. 4. As a fertilizer. 5. Cleaning silver. Can you give more ways to use ashes?
8 Steps for Making Better Garden Soil | MOTHER EARTH NEWS
Learn how you can use these organic plants, herbs, and natural methods to make healthy garden soil from your everyday dirt.
Using Banana Peels in the Garden for Fertilizer and Pests - Organic Gardening
Save your banana peels and use them to fertilize your soil.
Wood Ashes in the Garden – Kevin Lee Jacobs
YOU CAN FIND, in your fireplace, a valuable soil amendment. Wood ashes are rich in Potash, the very substance that raises the pH of soil, and therefore “sweetens” it. Sweet soil is the delight of lilacs; I swear my own shrubs flower so well in May because of regular wood-ash applications made beneath them in fall, winter and early spring. If your lilacs produce too few flowers, Potash can be