Need to borrow worm farm for two monhs

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

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Water harvesting series with urban soils class!

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

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Composting Brittle Bush?

I know brittle bush has some chemical on it's leaves that inhibits seeds from germinating around the plant.  I am wondering if this effect disappears when you compost brittle bush.  Has anyone attempted composting brittle bush? 

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Composting kitchen waste

Hi All,I'm just beginning to "remediate" my patch of compacted soil to prepare the garden. When I attended Jim Muir's composting class, he talked about reducing the size of organic material before burying or layering it to amend the soil. He said he

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