Archive for May 16, 2010

Organic in the Garden – 6 Uses for Home Made Compost

No garden is complete without a Backyard compost heap. It’s a great place to get rid of your old lawn clippings, leaves, shredded branches and cardboard and newspaper. Its always a good idea to work with 2 or 3 separate compost heaps. While one is full and in the process of becoming compost, the other is being filled. I like to use the third bin just in case the second one is full and there first one is not quiet ready…

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Breaking Tradition with Composting

Ask any gardener and they will likely tell you the best three ingredients for a garden patch is Compost, Compost and more Compost. Anything that was once alive is often what we are told should be added to a compost heap – with the exception of meat scraps, citrus and onions. I like to break with tradition when making compost…

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