Organic Gardener’s Composting

Natural fertlizer

The Fertlizing value of compost Adapted from Organic Gardener’s Composting by Steve Solomon It is not possible for me to tell you how well your own homemade compost will act as a natural fertilizer for your plants. Like home-brewed beer and home-baked bread you can be certain that your compost may be the equal of [...]

Making compost

Practical Compost Making Adapted from The Organic Gardener To make compost rot rapidly you need to achieve a strong and lasting rise in temperature. Cold piles will eventually decompose and humus will eventually form but, without heat, the process can take a long, long time. Getting a pile to heat up promptly and stay hot [...]

Composting Basics

Composting Basics Managing living systems usually goes better when our methods imitate nature’s. Here’s an example of what happens when we don’t. People who keep tropical fish in home aquariums are informed that to avoid numerous fish diseases they must maintain sterile conditions. Whenever the fish become ill or begin dying, the hobbyist is advised [...]

What Is Compost made from?

Organic Gardener’s Composting By Steve Solomon Do you know what really happens when things rot? Have other garden books confused you with vague meanings for words like “stabilized humus?” This book won’t. Are you afraid that compost making is a nasty, unpleasant, or difficult process? It isn’t. A compost pile is actually a fast-track method [...]

Organic Gardener’s Composting

Natural fertlizer

Making compost

Composting Basics

What Is Compost made from?

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