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kitchen: Part 4 * Restore The Earth * Now You're Composting! * Additional Tips & Guidelines - 03/22/08 08:36 PM
Restore The Earth Series PART 1 PART 2 PART 3
Some Notions That Make Composting Difficult AND Crazy:
Composting without BUGS Composting without mold Enzymatic composting ??? if you want to complicate it, go for it! 1) Composting Bugs & Organisms - break down waste
Bugs are natural decomposers. Sow bugs, earthworms, centipedes, beetles, among many others. Common green mold was BORN to compost If you have a healthy (moist) compost, there will be lots of bugs; earthworms are terrific. Decomposing bugs will be happy in a healthy compost and leave the gardens alone Bugs leave completely composted humous for new new waste - keep it coming! various complex levels of micro-organisms are involved in creating … (22 comments)
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kitchen: Part 3 * Restore The Earth * Recipe For Garden Gold - 02/27/08 12:09 AM
RESTORE THE EARTH * PART 1 * PART 2 * PART 4
WOW! I'm so impressed with your eagerness to compost! I am trying to make this as simple as possible. Part of the confusion is information that complicates a simple natural procedure.
CREATING GARDEN GOLD
What To Put Into Your Compost:
kitchen waste excluding animal products coffee grounds promote breakdown - some cafe's are more than happy to give you their grounds yard waste - tough sunflower or corn stalks will break down easier if you first break them up leaves & grass clippings - these will clump, so mix with other materials Precautions
wear gloves … (34 comments)
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kitchen: Part 2 * Restore The Earth * Compost Your Kitchen Waste - 02/18/08 01:23 AM
PART TWO * (Part One) 'Restore The Earth....' (P Three) (P Four)
YAY FOR COMPOST!! It's another sunshiny Okanagan morning.
The earth really is so very wise all on its own - it does everything right.
I said composting is easy - and it is - there are things that need to be understood to achieve success - or remain in the mystery of compost failure. So a few more preliminaries first.
All we need to do is learn is how the earth does it best. The biggest frustration I find is that people see it as a big 'mystery'
"Well I put the stuff … (28 comments)
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kitchen: Restore The Earth - Compost Your Kitchen Waste - 02/12/08 02:12 PM
PART ONE (P TWO) (P Three) (P Four) Sunshine and the thaw of the mild temperatures had me thinking spring and compost already this morning!
I love compost - people used to think I was a little nuts when I'd give them a tour of my yard and gardens - then the compost bins!
When you collect all your kitchen waste separately from the garbage that gets thrown out, you truly get to see what it amounts to. I live alone downtown and fortunately take part in the Kelowna Community Gardens. My waste is put into one of those plastic salad bins that you buy organic greens … (28 comments)
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