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Showing posts with label Compost. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Compost. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Composting
Composting. We use materials discarded from the plots to add to the compost pile.
Before cutting.
After cutting,
Smaller pieces decompose better.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Friday, June 22, 2012
We compost
This method was used to teach many of the young students that stopped by the garden. It was finally dismantled and moved over to the "ready to use" pile.
Friday, April 20, 2012
Monday, January 16, 2012
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011
A new beginning
A new planting season begins. Beds are composted and turned in preparation for Fall planting.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Monday, May 30, 2011
What is compost
What is compost?
Compost is, literally, fertile dirt.
That is to say, not the barren gray top soil you’ll find on a building site or in a conventional farmer’s field. This is the good black stuff that smells sweet and makes nice little crumbly clumps. It contains the perfect balance of nutrients that your plants need to be healthy and that the microorganisms and beneficial insects like earth worms–key components of healthy soil–need to thrive.
You can make it yourself using common kitchen and yard wastes that would otherwise go in the landfill using a process Mother Nature has used to recycle things in the natural world since time began. Want a list of things you can put in the compost bin? Plantea lists 163 of them! Then you can use it in place of expensive mulches and chemical fertilizers. As a mulch, compost helps retain moisture and shade a plant’s roots.
As a soil amendment, compost breaks up heavy clay soils, allowing more water and air to penetrate to the root zone of garden plants and, if added in high enough quantities over time to keep the organic matter of the garden soil at 4-5%, can provide sufficient nutrients for even nitrogen-hungry vegetable growth.
Info from Julie at Terminal Verbosity.
Compost is, literally, fertile dirt.
That is to say, not the barren gray top soil you’ll find on a building site or in a conventional farmer’s field. This is the good black stuff that smells sweet and makes nice little crumbly clumps. It contains the perfect balance of nutrients that your plants need to be healthy and that the microorganisms and beneficial insects like earth worms–key components of healthy soil–need to thrive.
You can make it yourself using common kitchen and yard wastes that would otherwise go in the landfill using a process Mother Nature has used to recycle things in the natural world since time began. Want a list of things you can put in the compost bin? Plantea lists 163 of them! Then you can use it in place of expensive mulches and chemical fertilizers. As a mulch, compost helps retain moisture and shade a plant’s roots.
As a soil amendment, compost breaks up heavy clay soils, allowing more water and air to penetrate to the root zone of garden plants and, if added in high enough quantities over time to keep the organic matter of the garden soil at 4-5%, can provide sufficient nutrients for even nitrogen-hungry vegetable growth.
Info from Julie at Terminal Verbosity.
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