So what is organic gardening? It is gardening using materials and or matter that comes from compost, manure and other living matter. It is also a way to garden without using pesticides, insecticid…

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August is upon us and my garden is looking green and fruitful Great fruits and vegetables are streaming into the farmers markets- and my compost bin is filling up with corn husks and watermelon rinds. I just turned the contents of the …

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Odds And Ends On Flora And Fauna You can think of this potpourri of gardening trivia as a collection of stocking stuffers:. A Bit About Me Pete Calderwood from West Yorkshire won our October join prize - a beehive composter…

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Turning trash into compost Sparks Today, NV -Jul 25, 2008 … discounts are available for those who get multiple pounds. Smaller packs also will be sold. Worm composting can be done inside, outside or in a garage.

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Plants & Plant Care. Plants & Plant Care Ecomax Compost Bins easily and quickly recycle organic waste materials into rich, natural compost. click here to learn more.

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Using topsoil or potting soil as a substrate is not a new idea. Aquarists have been using this method to grow healthy aquatic plants for decades. However, this method does seem to pose some problems, namely algae outbreaks resulting …

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Wiggle Away Your Scraps Centralia Chronicle, WA -Jul 11, 2008 But Morehead also saw another benefit in worm composting in that a great deal of her kitchen scraps would be eaten by the worms rather than thrown into the …

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Even just logs or landscaping timbers pushed together in a square–which is exactly the set up in my community garden plot–helps make digging, mixing in compost, and planting much easier. When you go to fill that raised bed, …

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This also is not potting soil but gorgeous black topsoil. Again, use the above amendment recipe before potting plants with it. Plants that prefer more moisture may respond better to the two equal portions of potting media and topsoil. …

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Worm poop is a plant's best friend Chicago Journal, IL -Jul 30, 2008 She likes that worm composting allows her to keep a portion of her food waste out of landfills even as it creates high-value fertilizer for the plants that …

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