Core gardening is an ingenious and thrifty gardening method that allows you to squeeze every ounce of nutrients from your compost. Core gardening has many benefits, like nourishing your soil and conserving moisture. For that reason, core gardening is one of the best methods if you don’t have a big budget, want to maximize your …
Compost
Making compost is perfect for all kinds of plants and something you want to do if you garden. But composting can sometimes feel like it takes forever to get your compost in the right state so that you can apply it! That’s the best benefit of compost shredders – speed! They help shred organic material into smaller pieces that decompose …
If you have experience making compost piles, then you may be familiar with composting crocks. There is one basic goal of having the best composting crocks in your kitchen. Making sure the compost doesn’t stink up the place is that goal! We don’t want compost piles to stink so much that even skunks wouldn’t touch …
In our collective gardening imagination, earthworms are synonymous with healthy soil – and with a good reason. Is the magic of earthworms just a myth or is there a seed of truth to it? It turns out that there is a lot more than just a seed. There is a good reason why we celebrate …
Worms serve an amazing, useful purpose in the garden. The burrowing action and feeding habits of an earthworm make the soil rich and enable plants to grow strong and stay healthy. Worms break down compost to produce the nutrients that your garden soil needs to flourish! Did you know that you can buy small ecosystems …
There’s a common misconception that composting requires lots of space and materials, yet composting can easily be accomplished in a 5-gallon bucket you can find at the local hardware store for a few dollars. Let’s break down two different composting methods that can be accomplished in a 5-gallon bucket. What Should I Add to My …
It looks like dirt and smells like dirt, but it’s not. It’s teeming with bacterial and fungal activity. It’s the nutrient-rich, life-giving material dreams are made of: we’re talking about compost, baby! Compost enriches our soils, feeds our veggies, and makes quick work of the organic waste we produce. Let’s get digging into what composting …
I was recently asked what my best compost bin is. You might imagine it’d be some super fancy turning compost bin or compost tumbler, but it’s not. My favorite way to compost is actually to just throw it all on a heap. However, there are places where I don’t want a heap and that’s where …