Most people interested in sustainability, growing their own food, and general gardening and lawn care will have heard about composting. Turning your food and yard scraps into compost is a great way to divert waste from landfill and get great soil conditioners for free. But did you know that there are two different types of …
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Composting at home is a great way to reduce the amount of waste that gets sent to landfill and also provide your garden with all the nutrition it needs to thrive. There are many different kinds of composting (we’re a big fan of worm farming ourselves) each with its own strengths and weaknesses. Compost tumblers …
Composting can be an incredibly rewarding experience. Not only are you re-purposing your old organic waste into plant food, but you are helping the environment by reducing the amount of waste ending up in landfill. However, composting (and to a certain degree worm farming) can be a slightly messy and labor-intensive affair. Both can also …
What is Compost? Most gardeners will be able to tell you about their compost heap and how important it is for their garden. Compost in its simplest form is the product of any living material which has been decomposed through aerobic processes. It usually contains a range of plant nutrients and a host of micro-organisms …
Can eggshells go in compost? If you’ve cracked a couple of eggs for your breakfast, or thrown a few into a cake batter, you might have looked at the leftover shells and wondered if you can save them from going straight into the bin. The good news is that not only are eggshells fine to …
If you can remember back to high school chemistry, you might remember the chemical elements and how each of them has a letter as its symbol. H for hydrogen, O for oxygen…etc. When people use the term C:N ratio, they’re using the chemical symbols for Carbon and Nitrogen. So, the C:N ratio refers to the …