We have a large batch of composted manure ready. $3 per bag - stacked and ready for pick up. These are reused 50 lb. feed bags. $2 per bag - bring your own bag & you bag it. Or, $40 per truck bed or trailer. We'll fill YOUR truck or trailer with our
Hi all, I work for VPA partner Watershed Management Group, and I'd like to let you know about an upcoming project series we're holding to help people learn about using rainwater harvesting, greywater, native plants, and more to build healthy urban so
In condo in Fountain Hills to end of March. Hate to put kitchen waste in trash or disposal. Can anybody loan me a small bin with worms? I will feed apple cores, banana peels, carrot/celery trimmings, crushed egg shells. You will get everything bac
A Broad Fork is the way to open up your compacted or caliche soils so you can landscape or plant a garden here in the desert. We got rid of both our front and back lawns using this tool, our soil is rich now (earthworms are doing the work now) so we
Be water smart and eco friendly with this easy and fun way to try your hand at composting. Simply put in some soil from your yard, add your food waste, shredded paper or brown leaves and spin the barrel. A great treat for your garden and landscape pl
Hello,We live in a neighborhood of acre lots and as a result there are a ton of tree trimmings every time bulk trash is scheduled. We were thinking of getting a shredder/wood chipper and gathering the debris to make our own mulch. Does anyone have ex
The following begins as a sad story but has a happy ending. I've been wanting to try this idea but there's so many projects on my list I just hadn't got around to it - yet.
This summer we had quite a thing with rats & mice. Yech, not so good for me. There were small field mice--not roof rats--in my orange tree. We quickly got rid of all of the fruit we had not picked and the neighborhood cat took care of any remainders.
I am new to this forum. I am a special education teacher wanting to start a composting program at my school for my students. I need bins that are easy for my students to "stir" the composting material. My students have intellectual disabilities, b
Hello All. I am completely new to AZ gardening and plan to start some raised beds in the yard of the home I am renting soon. I was given some hints about having to "build" a more suitable, water-holding soil here for the garden to thrive but all I ca
This is a two part question: 1. How should I be caring for my unused beds during the summer? Do I keep watering them? 2. How do I amend a bed that was used by a neighborhood cat?Thank you!Joanna
Can anybody suggest who offers soil testing? I am mainly worried about a painted wall and weather there had been some lead paint used at any point. Thanks.
Hello, I am looking for perlite, humus and course sand, any one know of any where I can buy it local?? I have contacted Therma-Rock west in chandler and they said I have to buy 10 pallets of perlite to even look there way, only looking for a pallet o
My name is Morgan Coffinger, Founder of Bokashi Evolution (www.bokashievolution.com) based out of Tempe, AZ. For those of you that love Bokashi, EM, food waste fermentation, beneficial fungi and micro-organisms or want to learn more, I
According to my recent soil test I need to reduce the pH of my soil which puts me in the same situation as most new gardeners in the valley. I've been advised to use elemental sulphur. I bought some "Soil Acidifier" at HD, $10 for a 6 lb. bag which
I've always heard that the two best fertilizers are worm castings and bat guano. I know worm castings are great from my experience with farming worms, but does anyone know anything about bat guano?
It is okay to put your dried up corn plants and cobs in the compost and to use as mulch? I planted some non GMO corn and suspect it is diseased. I looked at the cobs they were black and powdery. Would corn add diseased to the soil?