DIY Succulent and Cactus Compost Soil – Easily Make Your Own Cactus compost and succulent compost are a special soil mix especially created for cacti and succulents to live and grow in. Both these composts are essentially the same thing as both cacti and succulents have almost the same needs. This soil is created with…
Peat Moss The Benefits and Disadvantages Peat moss is likely to be discussed by gardeners. The use of peat moss in gardening can be very beneficial to your plants, so it is important to know what it is, how it works, and how to use it effectively. Peat moss is used for many purposes, such…
Different Types Of Fertiliser Soil amendments are made by adding fertiliser to the soil but there are different types of fertilisers. There is bulky organic fertiliser, such as cow manure, bat guano, bone meal, organic compost and green manure crops. And then there is also chemical fertiliser which is also referred to as inorganic fertiliser and is made up with…
Best Compost Bins For Your GardenWhich Type Compost Bin Is Best? Making compost from kitchen scraps, garden, and organic waste is not only beneficial for your garden’s health, but it’s also beneficial to the environment and to wildlife. Composting is the process by which food waste and garden waste break down over the course of a…
Nitrogens Everywhere, Not a Carbon in Sight! We typically typically tell people how to compost using the example of leaves for carbon (browns) and grass clippings for nitrogen (greens). This is an accurate, easy-to-understand example for most homeowners to follow because leaves and grass clippings are common garden waste. In real life, however, an abundance of leaves…
What You Can and Can’t Compost All appropriate compost ingredients are organic. Organic refers to matter that is a part of, or comes from, something that is (or was) alive. In other words, organic refers to plants, animals and their naturally-occurring by-products. Compost Only Organic Materials Nature has a cycle for animals and plants. When they die, they decay. Their decaying forms…
Calculation of Carbon to Nitrogen Ratio (C:N) This guide is for those of you out there that want to calculate the Carbon to Nitrogen Ratio, this is a simplified version. We have a more simplified version in our creating a compost heap guide. Organic matter is not solely carbon or solely nitrogen. All live organic…
Trench Composting How To Guide Trench Composting is method used by individuals who have gardens arranged in rows. If your garden is arranged some other way (1 x 1 foot squares, etc.) you may adapt this system to something that makes sense for your arrangement. Because this method is usually used in vegetable gardens, we…
Building a Compost Heap, Step by Step Guide So you want to make your own compost, that’s great. There are two types of compost heaps that you can create: “Slow” or “Cold” Compost Heap “Hot” Compost Heap What’s the difference? Well, a cold compost heap will take around 1 to 2 years to make compost,…
How To Use A Compost Thermometer Compost thermometers are not required in order to have a successful hot compost heap, but they are very helpful if you are experimenting with ways to increase the heat of your heap. If you build two piles that are exactly the same except that one has activator and one…
