How to Sell Compost? Turning Your Black Gold Into Cash
If you produce a large amount of excess compost or keep animals then you may be able to turn the compost or animal waste into cash, or if you are more altruistic, give it away for…
What Will Happen if You Left the Compost Too Long?
Having spent several months watching your organic material gradually turn into compost, you are likely to want to start using it. Depending on your purpose and how you have composted, you might find that you have…
Can Too Much Compost Hurt Plants: Dark Side of Adding Too Much Organic Material
As gardeners, we are constantly regaled with tales of the magic of compost and how fantastic it is for plants and your garden in general. However, can too much compost hurt plants? Can excessive amounts of…
Turning Your Compost: How Often to Turn Compostamount of compost
Turning your compost can seem like a real chore but the process of turning actually can play a crucial role in the science of transforming your pile of organic material into this black gold. The composting…
Grass Clippings in Compost: Powering up Your Composting
When the sun is out and the grass is growing, you are likely to spend an increased amount of time outside enjoying and tending to your yard. One thing that needs constant attention is your lawn…
Composting Cardboard: Turning Cardboard Boxes Into Black Gold
Each week it is likely that a multitude of different types of cardboard pass through your hands. Be it amazon boxes, product packaging to the cardboard tube from the inside of a toilet roll. Cardboard is…
Pine Needles in Compost | An Adverse Effect on Soil Quality or Super Ingredient?
One of the most abundant organic materials that you can come across are pine needles. Being an organic material pine needles in compost ought to work well but bearing in mind the difficulty that some plants…
Benefits of Top Dressing a Lawn and the Disadvantages of Top Dressing
There are many benefits to choosing to top dress a lawn. In short topdressing is beneficial because it provides nutrients to the soil, increases water retention and suppresses weeds. It also makes the lawn appear healthier…
Can I Use Compost for Top Dressing?
Yes, you can use compost for top dressing. Indeed, it is an excellent top dressing for your lawn and can be far better than commercially bought top dressings especially if it is prepared correctly before use….
Acidic Compost for Blueberries
Blueberries are an acid-loving plant. Although they grow in a wide range of soil types they prefer a soil that is pH of 4.5 to 5.5. Using acidic compost for blueberries can help in providing the…