| Worm farm idea | | I saw a great idea for a worm farm on TV the other day using shade cloth, making a bad type of thing out of the shade cloth but I guess you could use a potoato bag also, you put a lot of of newspaper, food scraps, soil, straw or anything that you normally use in a compost bin, put some worms in there and then you, fold the bag over so you have a pillow like thing then you can lay your new worm farm directly on your garden then the worm gold will go directly to your garden, you just have add scraps to your farm every couple of weeks...happy worming...[em]happy[/em] | |
| | Everuthing but the poo! | | Being it was sunny today I got out in the yard for
some chores before freeze comes around peremanently.
Well I finally got around to my compost pile etc today (Saturday).
I pulled it all free of my bin.
I've spread some out into 2 of my garden beds so far.
Next I need to turn it into the soil.
That'll wait till spring though.
Anyhow it turned out great looking etc.
It is like dirt and perfect according to sites I saved about compost.
I did add some leaves to it a few days ago and they're still visible though.
Did you, or do you compost?
Do you use a tiller to turn it into your soil?
I'll be turning mine by hand.
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| | It's snowi on the ground and on the garden, how does one make compost | | I have been putting all my kitchen waste in a plastic container and taking it out to the berry garden and buying it in the part that is lower then the other parts, hoping to build up the soil by composting. Now it works fine when there is no snow, and I can cover it with grass and leaf scraps, but in the late fall and winter when there is snow on the ground, it does not.
After all with the snow on it, it does not mix in and I also have to shovel the snow off the grass to get some to cover the compost. So in the winter, what do you do with the kitchen scraps? I cannot exactly store them in plastic containers under the sink. | |
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| Mulching Time Is Here! | | Well with the high winds here in Minnesota recently my trees are toatoally void of leaves. Most of them get raked and bagged for disposal until this year. I am placing a lot in the back yard to use as compost. A lot are raked and placed lightly on top of my perrenial bed in the front of my hopuse. This is where my hardy perrenials are at. Lilies, Hostas etc. It is not wise to leave whole leaves as a mulch around and on top of most perrenials as when the ground thatws the plants may break as they try to push through the hard wet leaves. But hardy perrenials push easily so this is why just this one area is mulchedf with whole leaves. Do you use your fallen leaves as a mulch? Do you use them as compost at all?
[b]HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!~[/b] | |
| | The demise of my favorites | | Well as this photo shows some plants here have met their demise.
I cleared out all but one pickle plant today. (Saturday)
The pickles and cukes stopped blossoming and growing so I picked the last few cukes.
I then ripped the plants from the ground.
I will add them to my compost bin for the soil next year.
I will also be prepping the soil in these areas for next years crops etc.
So have you started to remove plants for the coming freeze etc?
Do you use the plants as compost at all?
Do you burn the dead plants or toss them in the garbage?
Do you make your own compost at all?
Thanks in advance all. Have a great day/evening also.
[b]HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!~[/b] | |
| | Need your advice. | | I want to start making my on compost. I've been bruning all my yard debry, but I been thing I could use it instead of wasting it. What is better, a pile or a bin. Do you put table scraps in your compost, how about dog poo? How much water do you put on it? How long does it take for it to become compost? If you make it for a year, do you start a new pile the next year and use what has been composting for a year? How ofen do you need to trun it? Any advice will be helpful, and I thank you for it. | |
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| Ohh the back breaking work | | As a lot here know I do a LOT of gardening of veggies, fruits, and flowers etc. I also have my own composting container. This is a bin is all. See attatched photo. It is a 30 gallon bin I think. I have to add to it and turn it with a pitchfork by hand. It is a lot of hard, back breaking work, but man the compost sure helps the plants all thrive very well. Do you do your own composting? Do you have the tumbler type of barrell or old fashioned like mine? Do you just have an area where you throw stuff to compost on it's own? What all do you ad to your compost pile/bin?
[b]HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!~[/b] | |
| | banana vs apple | | a new notion of keeping the doctor away by eating a banana a day versus an apple a day has been roaming around. since i'm from a tropical country, banana is more accessible and cheaper compared to apples. every after meal, banana would be considered as our dessert. it's good in our digestive system plus it helps us to deal with the increasing temp ranging from 30-40 celcius. but i'm working abroad now and it's the other way around here. bananas are more expensive and apple is cheaper. apple is rich in vit c so i hardly get sick. | |
| | 4th OF JULY WEEKEND | | How did you spend your 4th of July weekend?? With friends, travel, home, b-b-que, road trip, camping??? Did it rain?? Was it sunny??? See lots of fireworks??? | |
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| Does anyone know what to do with a compost bucket? I need some tips. | | I just recently started using a old coffee can to start a compost bucket. I'm not sure if I'm doing it right or not. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions. My first question is am I supposed to use soil or just old vegatable. Question number 2, am I able to use any meat products. Any tips? | |
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