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- Meg's Guide to Gardening: The Best Use for Old HayLooking for a way to use old hay? Recycle it and turn it into rich compost
- Five Stylish Ways to Collect Scraps for Your Compost PileCollecting kitchen scraps is an important part of composting. Here are some ways to do it stylishly.
A Guide to Winter CompostingOrganic gardeners know that the end of summer does not mean an end to composting.
Organic Gardening 101New to the organic gardening scene? Learn everything you need to know about organic gardening and more!- The Well-composed Compost PileThere are lots of good reasons to have a compost pile as part of your garden. Let's examine them.
How to Activate Your Compost Pile in Cool WeatherA hot compost pile makes free fertilizer fast. You can't just build a pile of garbage and expect it to be compost. Mix and turn the pile and make those microbes work for you.
Should I Use Garden and Yard Waste in My Compost?Healthy soil means healthful garden produce. Compost means healthy soil. Start your compost pile NOW!
How to Make Compost the Easy WayMaking compost doesn't require expensive equipment or a chemist's formula. All you need is a pitchfork, an accumulation of yard and garden waste, and a small place to build your pile. Here are a few tips to help you get started.- Compost PilesThere are many benefits both for yourself, and the environment that come when you have your own compost pile. Here are just a few of them, and a quick overview of how to make your own compost.
- How Rotting Works: The Decomposition Process of Composting ExplainedDecomposition happens in two ways, physical and chemical. You do not need to understand all the scientific details, but knowing the basics can help you keep decomposers working hard in your compost pile.
- Building a Winter Compost PileCreate the perfect soil for next year's garden by using these tips for making a winter compost pile.
- DIY Compost Halloween Pumpkins and CandySteps for creating a compost pile using your Halloween pumpkins and candy. Also tips for other food items.
Tomatoes and Gardening Tips! Health Benefits Are Lycopene a Cancer Fighting Agent!My Tomatoes needed my attention here in zone 7! My Tomatoes were ripening small! I decided they needed more water and compost from my compost pile! They did not have sufficient "food" to make them a nice size!- How to Identify Grubs in Your Compost PileGrubs aren't all bad as they help turn your yard waste into tasty compost for plants.
- Compost Pile ProblemsYou build the compost pile and add all your carbons and greens and it still doesn't seem to be active. Here's some examples of a few common problems and how to fix them.
- How to Maintain a Compost PileTips for setting up and maintaining a compost pile.
- Starting a Compost PileThe family's weekly garbage volume (refuse, if you prefer) can be reduced substantially by starting a compost pile.
- How to Make a Compost PileBuild and maintain your own compost pile.
- How to Start CompostingThis is a guide teaching you how easy it is to start composting.
- What to Add or Omit from a Compost PileA compost pile is a great way to take your kitchen garbage and make it into a useful fertilizer for your garden. But what is safe to put into your compost and what isn't safe to add to your compost pile?
- What to Put in Your Compost PilesComposting is taking on a whole new meaning. Now that the economy is down even lower than normal you will probably start composting to help save money to. Here are some things you can put in your compost pile.
- How to Make a Compost PileDo not be put off the benefits of compost as a way of garden recycling. You only need a few basic rules to create crumbly, rich hummus at home.
- 7 Factors Needed for a Compost PileThings you need to know about adding a compost pile to your home garden.
- How to Eliminate Compost OdorCompost odor can turn your eco-friendly compost pile into a nightmare. Find out what that compost pile smell is telling you about the chemical balance of your pile and how to return your compost heap to being odor-free.
- Tips for Starting a Compost PileA compost pile is a great way to decompose all the kitchen scraps that you have. It is a shame when kitchen scraps are put into the sink or simply thrown into the trash.
- Find Out the Benefits of CompostingIf you do not like wasting your leftover vegetables or other materials that you can compost find out some benefits of composting.
How to Use Leaves in Your GardenLeaves are too valuable to throw away! Here are several ways to use leaves in your garden.
Become One with Your Compost PileHow to build a fantastic compost pile for your garden.- Homemade Compost: Save Money by Making Your OwnComposting, in broadest terms, is the biological reduction of organic waste to humus. Humus is defined as an earth-like substance that forms a beneficial growing environment for plant roots.
- Green Living: What to Put in a Compost PileFind out what to use when making a compost pile and find out the benefits of having a compost pile.
- Why a Do-It-Yourself Compost Pile Makes Soil ProductiveHow to make a simple compost pile, including why humus helps soil.
Caring for Your Garden in the FallTips for getting your garden ready for winter, adding color, and making your spring garden even better.- Stop Toxic CompostStarting a compost pile can be a fairly easy and low-maintenance process. However, there are some precautions you need to take to make sure that your compost doesn't go from being a garden asset to a toxic pile of goo.
A Compost Powered CarA revised article on making a car that run off of a compost pile. Using compost to power a stirling engine. Using that stirling engine move a generator. Using the generator to generate power for batteries. And then using the batteries to give power to a motor.- How to Start a Compost Pile when You're Lazy or IneptWritten from a fellow gardener who could never get a compost pile going, this article is about how to compost for the lazy or inept
An Alternative Heater Using Compost Piles as Thermo PowerThis article talks about an idea to use compost piles. As a source for heating energy in homes.- Using Compost Piles for PowerArticle talks about an idea for a fuel, using compost piles to power cities.
- Composting in Your GardenComposting is mother natures way of recycling.
- Why and How to Bring Air to Your CompostDiscover why you must add air to your compost pile and five ways to do it.
- How an Organic Compost Pile WorksTo help you understand composting, I will give you a general explanation of how a compost pile works.
