Is there really any difference? I have been finding that in my pots and containers that the compost or potting soil seems to actually get soggy and I have had gnat problems of recent and wondering if adding sand would help. I bought some play sand a
Read more…I planted an asparagus bed last month, was reading this morning about companion planting and came across a blog. The person warned against planting hollyhocks too close to asparagus because of rust. So guess what is next to my asparagus, yep! a new
Read more…I am trying to find out if there is a "safe" way to fertilize
my lawn without harming my dogs. Does anyone know of
a manufacturer that sells such a product. I have 2 1/2 acres,
of beautiful lawn that's needs to be fretilized - and I also have
4 dogs th
Read more…Is it better to leave the large clumps of chicken poop in the coop or better to gather and place in compost pile?
Read more…I was turning the compost earlier this afternoon and ewwwww, whole mess of them. I looked them up on a web site and see that these should be beneficial for my compost. The compost pile is not close to the entrance of the house. I leave the top open o
Read more…When I clean out my chicken coop, I place the poop-ridden hay in the compost. I clean the coop at least every 2-3 weeks and the compost hasn't been breaking down like it did prior to placing the hay in the compost pile. Before, I never placed hay i
Read more…I think I have a pretty healthy compost pile. It is a no-meat compost pile. I turn it every once and a while and the heat is visible that emits from the pile in the form of steam. It was pretty exciting knowing it was "cooking." Anywho, one of my
Read more…I have two of those wonderful Phoenix City trash can composters and have had great results over the past year or so with my composting.
Today I was watering the compost inside one of them and to my surprise a mouse appeared, looked at me, and quickly
Read more…I spend alot of time working my compost pile and my husband built me a compost tumbler. But alas I can be pretty lazy at times and do not work them as consistantly as I could.
Yesterday I had an epiphany. Husband Steve was building on to Princess Ab
Read more…Jesse has generously offered to give the wood chips from his tree business away for free. My question is can wood chips, I am assuming there would be a mix of different trees in the size loads he is offering, be put directly on a yard, in a chicken c
Read more…I have started a worm bin for composting and they are doing great!! I started with 1000 red wigglers in a large bin. The little worms I started with are now large and I see what I think are many worm eggs. My question is, when or maybe if, at what po
Read more…Dear Folks,
I am completing a section in a book I am co-writing (on organic gardening in the southwest) using ancient techniques of pit-basin, barrier and biochar to reclaim soil with desert type trees such as mesquite and ways to incorporate gray-wat
Hello everybody J
I am currently shopping for a composter and I am interested in your opinion. I am looking for the tumbler kind as I am kind of lazy and admit that I will not do the pitch fork method. Another positive side of the tumbler is that it
Read more…Hello all. I have just decided to take the plunge into compostiing at home. I figured instead of hauling the grass clippings, vegtable clippings, etc away it was time to compost. I have prepared the area and I am ready to begin. The problem I hav
Read more…So the peas have a case of powdery mildew that's traveling from the bottom of the plant upward. The peas are about spent, so I'm willing to let them go. But what to do with them? Should I cut them off at the ground and just let the peas become par
Read more…I collect about 15 gallons of notrogen-rich coffee grounds weekly from local coffee houses. I have used a LOT in my garden: want to keep up the recycling for them and share with you who can use some of it, preferable on a regular basis. It seems to g
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