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The Benefits Of Using Compost

Compost is organic matter that has been decomposed and recycled, to then be utilised as a fertilizer for growing plants. There are a lot of advantages associated with using compost….

Bokashi Composting—From Scraps to Fertilizer

Composting is a great way to reduce your waste load and at the same time create something earth craves…pure nutrients. On our homestead we have four ways we compost: a worm compost, a garden…

Fredrika Syren
Composting, Gardening
May, 07, 2018
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How to Overcome Common Compost Problems

In countries that are still experiencing snow, the only compost issue that will arise is that a composter may fill to the top before spring. If this is occurring, try putting insulation around the unit or…

Fredrika Syren
Composting, Gardening
Feb, 06, 2018
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Making Compost Tea

By Larraine Roulston:

Layering fruit/vegetable peelings with dry yard trimmings makes a great soil conditioner to enhance your garden. When soil is healthy, the helpful microbes greatly outnumber the harmful ones and keep them under control. Finished compost…

Fredrika Syren
Composting, Gardening
Sep, 08, 2017
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Getting Ready for Winter Composting

Composting involves organisms called decomposers that include bacteria and fungi to break down organics into smaller pieces. The result becomes a rich humus containing moisture, nutrients and minerals for soil. By including “wet greens’’ from your kitchen…

Larraine Roulston
Composting, Gardening
Dec, 13, 2016
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Composting in Apartments

If you live in an apartment or a condo, there is a variety of ways to compost kitchen food scraps and wilted flowers.
You can vermicompost by investing in a worm bin. Ontario’s Cathy Nesbitt of…

Larraine Roulston
Composting, Gardening
Oct, 14, 2015
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Recycling Your Pumpkins

They’re everywhere this time of year — pumpkins! Hundreds of them — in parking lots, pumpkin patches, in huge cardboard bins outside every

grocery store, outside and inside every home and business. Some end up…

Fredrika Syren
Composting
Nov, 15, 2013
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Composting

The Benefits Of Using Compost

Bokashi Composting—From Scraps to Fertilizer

How to Overcome Common Compost Problems

Making Compost Tea

Getting Ready for Winter Composting

Composting in Apartments

Recycling Your Pumpkins

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