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Video: Getting Started in Worm Composting

Vegetable Gardener, editor | October 29th, 20091 comment

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

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Video: Composting Made Easy

Vegetable Gardener, editor | October 24th, 20094 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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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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Beginners Compost

GmaSandi, member | September 3rd, 20093 comments

I've been reading about composting and trying it out. The first try went gross and slimy with too much, not mixed in well, chopped fruit peelings. Try two, in this barrel, seems to be...

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QUESTION: Compost & Ammonia

GmaSandi, member | August 23rd, 20093 comments

Someone told my husband that pouring ammonia in our new compost pile will accelerate the decomposion process, as that's a byproduct of the process anyway. Is this true? I sure want to know before he...

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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

Patti Moreno, contributor | 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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The Dirt on Soil

mswift, member | May 4th, 20091 comment

How does a garden grow? Feed the soil and the soil will feed you.

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Video: A Simple and Easy Compost Bin

Patti Moreno, contributor | April 26th, 2009

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

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Video: The Easy Indoor Worm Bin

Patti Moreno, contributor | March 29th, 2009

Here is more on how to make a simple inexpensive worm bin. Vermiculture projects are so fun and easy and put composting on overdrive. Apartment dwellers and small-space gardeners rejoice and stay organic.

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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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Raised beds available including cedar and steel beds

luckypierre, member | March 13th, 20091 comment

We are landscape garden designers. This bin is the one we use at home. Our company is Aurora Florialis www.auroraflorialis.com based on Bainbridge Island in Washington. We make these bins to...

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Getting Ready to Garden

KitchenGardener Magazine, archive | March 1st, 2009

Last-minute care gets your garden off to a great start. Janet Jemmott discusses how to prevent problems in the garden, how to make compost, how to get your tools ready, and how to prepare the soil.

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