The theme for 2006 is The Possibilities are Endless … Compost! Across the United States and Canada, composting advocates will be encouraging everyone to Compost! Those who believe in the Compost Message will be planning events in their community to…
Category: Organic Gardening
Vermicomposting? What’s THAT? Composting with vermin?
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Aaaaaa hahaha.. honest to God, that’s the first thing that went through my mind when I first saw the word. I’m SO not kidding. But it’s meaning is this… the use of specially bred earthworms, esp. to aerate soil and…
Dry Cost is High…
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It’s going to raise the price of food. It’s going to make some food less robust. What IS it? Irrigation expenses loom as planting season begins
Why Compost?
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Why compost?Composting is an easy, environmentally beneficial way to turn yard and kitchen wastes into a dark, crumbly, sweet-smelling soil amendment that will build your soil, increase garden production and do wonders for your landscaping. Composting will… Save you money…
Delivery!
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We now have at least fifty bags of green grass clippings on the side of the garage just waiting to compost.
Can anyone say ‘Grass Clippings’?
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I was bringing my daughter home from a birthday part for one of the children she babysits for… We passed a man on a riding mower going over what looked to be a good two acres of smooth green grass… it was beautiful. As we got closer, I realized he was BAGGING it. And of course, my composting mind went to, “I wonder what he DOES with all that grass?” And I started slowing down…
Integrated Pest Management Benefits Farm and Consumer
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Today’s consumer is educated and more and more people want to know about how their food is treated and where it comes from. Words such as “organic” and “sustainable” that were once reserved for a small population of foodies or…