6th November 2008
Composting has become a national pastime of many today. We’re in a country that stresses the importance of recycling and helping to keep our environment clean and safe for our children and each generation after them. Composting is nature’s way of recycling materials and waste we use every day in our home. Composting creates a [...]
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18th October 2008
A composting toilet is a special system that takes human wastes and converts it into usable soil and organic compost. This process takes place by naturally breaking down the organic matter into the natural essential minerals. This is done by the micro and macro organisms working through the different stages of oxidation as well as [...]
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10th October 2008
Dog waste composting, although seldom heard of in the past, is becoming quite common today, especially for those with multiple dogs. Over 270 pounds of waste is produced each year from the average dog or an average of ¾ of a pound per day. Dog waste on your front or back lawn not only looks [...]
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8th October 2008
Well, there?s no doubt about it, composting is a good practice that any self-respected gardener should learn to do. But the question really is what materials we could make into a compost and which ones we cannot. We have been told that composting can be done with any organic material. Well, in theory that may [...]
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30th September 2008
Sheet composting is a method of composting that uses the ground you wish to enrich as the holding area for the green plant material that you wish to compost. The green plant material is considered green manure when it is used for this purpose.
Fava beans are a great edible vegetable that can be used as [...]
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