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Video: Composting Made Easy

Vegetable Gardener, editor | March 1st, 20104 comments

Jodie Colon, Compost Educator at Bronx Green-Up, shows you how to mix dead, dry leaves and stems, fresh moist green plant materials, and food scraps in a compost heap.

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Video: Getting Started in Worm Composting

Vegetable Gardener, editor | March 1st, 20101 comment

Here's how to turn your kitchen scraps into nutrient-rich compost.

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Bring on the Bokashi!! Part One

Greg Holdsworth, contributor | February 25th, 2010

This method of intensive composting has advantages over traditional composting.

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QUESTION: Calling all Compost Experts

JadaE, member | January 28th, 20102 comments

Hey fellow gardeners! I am reading up on composting a lot lately, and have a couple of questions for those of you who are experts!

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Uses for Fallen Leaves in the Garden

TheGardenGirl, | November 29th, 2009

Don't put your fallen leaves on the curb. Read my article and find 3 ways to use fallen leaves in your garden.

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Leaf Mold as a Soil Conditioner

Chris McLaughlin, contributor | September 23rd, 20091 comment

Leaf mold by itself is pretty close to pure humus and like compost, smells like the forest floor. Probably because it is the forest floor.

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Grasscycle, Compost, and Mulch with Grass Clippings

Chris McLaughlin, contributor | September 20th, 2009

I think the average homeowner over looks the many joys of grass clippings. This stuff is a valuable resource with all the versatility of duct tape.

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Gardening Tip: Compost Heap Alternative

Ruth Dobsevage, editor | September 5th, 20091 comment

If you don't have a compost heap, here's a simple way to recycle vegetable scraps in your garden beds.

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QUESTION: What's living in my compost??

JadaE, member | August 11th, 20092 comments

I have some unidentified worm-like creepies living in my compost...is this normal?? I've been very careful to only add veggie scraps, and there is no foul smell...

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Video: How to Make Compost Tea

TheGardenGirl, | May 17th, 2009

Patti Moreno, the Garden Girl, and Mark Highland, from Organic Mechanic Soil, whip up a batch of compost tea for Patti's indoor garden.

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Video: A Simple and Easy Compost Bin

TheGardenGirl, | April 26th, 2009

Here is an easy and inexpensive way to make a compost bin.

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Let Worms Compost Your Kitchen Scraps

Chris McLaughlin, contributor | March 23rd, 20097 comments

Worm composting (vermicomposting) has to be one of my favorite gardening topics in the world. There are so many good reasons to keep red wigglers in the kitchen or by the back door, munching and crunching on your kitchen scraps that it’s hard to know where to begin.

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