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COMPOSTING sa COMPOSTING BIN sa COMPOSTING TOILET sa MULCHING xx FERTILIZER xx GARDENING xx MULCHING xx SOIL & SOIL CONDITIONING How to build a compost bin using concrete blocks and tips on building up a supply of composted material. Sketch shows how to build a storage/trash enclosure behind a greenhouse, with bins for bulk storage and composting. Tip: Compost bin, 34"x72"x48" high, consists of removable cedar slats and a corrugated fiberglass roof. How to make a compost bin. How to make compost. How to start a compost heap for a better crop yield. Compost bins. Tips on constructing a three-bin unit from wood and chicken wire. What should (and shouldn't) be placed in the compost pile. How to use newspapers in compost and in other ways around a garden. A look at the benefits of compost and three composting ideas: (1) Composting with earthworms, (2) reclaiming low fertility areas through sheet composting, and (3) cooperative composting. How to start a good fall compost pile. Waste products make valuable fertilizer. How to make compost, use coal ashes and use spoiled feeds. Tips on creating successful compost. How to make and maintain a compost pile. How to compost leaves. Preparing healthy soil by mulching, composting and cover crops. A look at soil structure and the use of compost, cover-crops and green manure to sustain fertility, tilth and structure. Using sawdust as compost and mulch. Composting with worms. Some tips. Tips on making and using compost. Benefits and disadvantages of sheet composting discussed. Instructions and tips on composting with worms (vermicomposting). Black gold. Vermiculture (composting with worms) on the modern homestead. Build a soil maker, a three-bin composter that makes the process easier and less messy. Includes a recipe for compost. Reclaiming a lifeless soil using compost and buckwheat. Double-duty garden paths. (1) Compost path. Areas between raised beds are excavated, filled with sawdust and newspapers and then topped with bark chips. After a year or two, the rotted material is dug out and incorporated into planting beds. (2) Perma-paths. Barrier of hardware cloth covered with ferro-cement edges pathways between raised beds, keeping the weeds out and soil in. Paths are then planted with grass that produces mulch for the garden. Tip: Use a large plastic laundry hamper for composting on a patio. Tips on composting organic material like eucalyptus and pepper tree materials that contain allelopathic compounds. Tip: Placing compost heaps on problem spots to loosen soil beneath the heap. What they don't tell you about composting. Tips for the beginning composter. Composting in pits or trenches. Making hot compost. Transform yard wastes into a valuable soil amendment. Includes plans for a small compost bin built from 2x4 and 1x4 lumber. Composting leaves. Tips on using a simple wire enclosure to build the pile, unshredded -vs- shredded leaf options, turning the piles, overwintering the piles, etc. Advice on using wood ashes in the compost pile or in the garden. Tip on blending kitchen scraps before adding them to the compost pile. Techniques for gardening in compost piles while they continue to decompose. Tips on making rectangular bins to hold leaves. Tip on making easy compost. How to compost in plastic buckets. Information on composting evergreen clippings. Advice on the use of pig and goat manure in a compost pile. An easy way to save kitchen scraps for the compost pile. A technique for getting air to the center of a compost pile. How to leach the soluble salts from mushroom compost before adding it to garden soil. Get started in composting. How to turn yard waste into a valuable soil booster. Tip describes how to make a compost strainer from an old plastic milk crate. Advice on using woodworking shop waste (sawdust) as compost. Advice on composting pesticide-treated grass clippings. Leave leftovers to worms. How to turn kitchen scraps into nutrient-rich compost in about 60 days. Indoor worm bins create an environment attractive to red wigglers. How to build a compost pile that is not attractive to flies. How to compare commercial composts to those made at home and advice on selecting a commercial one. A use test of the Earthmaker revolving drum composter. Build a gazebo style compost frame. Vining plants around the outside conceal the frame and shade the compost. Soil preparation for spring planting. Emphasis on soil analysis, classifiction and proper drainage. Tips on preparing your own compost pile, as well as the preparation of "tilth" (a combination of compost and peat moss). Tip: Discarded shipping pallets make a good compost bin. A look at new products that make backyard composting easier. Includes a description of how to start a compost pile. Troubleshooting a compost pile. Several reasons why a compost pile may fail to heat up and how to correct them. Tip describes a method of indoor composting in air-tight containers. Gardening opportunities for the autumn season. (1) Cool-season vegetables. (2) Starting a compost pile. (3) Flower garden maintenance. (4) Lawn care. Toward the next kitchen. (1) How to stop wasting energy in the kitchen. (2) Collecting kitchen wastes for use in composting. (3) Growing food indoors. As the worm turns. Advice from the "worm woman" on constructing and using a worm bed to compost kitchen garbage. Compost. A report on how to get your "sick" pile of kitchen and yard wastes back to producing rich, loamy compost. Composting, no-irrigation and xeriscaping ideas from a northern-California gardener who is attempting to form a healthy relationship between a cultivated landscape and the indigenous ecology. Garden gold. Home composing is not only smart recycling, it's smart gardening. Includes instructions for building an optional compost bin, how to compost kitchen scraps in a plastic bag, turning the compost pile, etc. A instant compost alternative using organic scraps processed in a kitchen blender. Convert a large, covered, plastic barrel into a compost bin. How to compost. A guide to both hot and cold composting. Results of tests of eight purchased compost bins. Three homemade bin options described. Tip shows how to incorporate stakes to serve as handles for turning a compost pile. A hole composting method for making a planting bed. A neat and odorless way to collect kitchen scraps for compost. Great garden coverups for less-than-lovely garden features. (1) Instructions for making a bamboo panel to cover a compost bin. (2) Garden plan and plant list for a garden to hide a dog kennel. How to build a compost bin. A look at how composting works. First ditch efforts. How planting vegetables in trenches filled with manure and compost can overcome the effects of a prolonged drought. After the fall. Soil from the treetops. How to utilize leaves as mulch, fertilizer, compost, etc. Design for a barely noticeable compost box where the compost is largely concealed underground. The planning and soil preparation for a summer vegetable garden. Includes tips on overcoming an acid soil pH, organic composting and making a biodegradable insecticide and fertilizer. An introduction to wildflower gardening. Includes making a natural habitat, soil and compost preparation, when to plant and 10 wildflowers that are easy to grow. Tips on composting leaves so the growth-inhibiting effect of the phenols won't stunt garden plants. Compost cookery. Instructions for building a two-compartment composting bin and the manufacture of compost. Tips on composting during the winter. Vermicomposting. How to start an indoor composting system that relies on worms. How to convert kitchen wastes into compost for potting soil. Black gold. How to make and use compost. How to start and maintain a compost pile. How to make your own compost. Building a compost center to recycle plant waste into top-grade fertilizer. Three compost bin ideas and details on the two basic ways to make compost. How to duct hot air from a manure pile to heat a greenhouse. Build an odor-free composter from some concrete blocks, concrete reinforcement wire and black plastic. How to make and contain a compost heap. How to make a cage for compost from old wooden pallets. Grow-ring gardening produces small "vertical" gardens with large yields. The secret is planting the garden in rings around a compost heap. Tips on composting ground up leaves. Nutrient recycling. Keeping soil fertile through the use of animal manure, cover crops and compost. Step-by-step guide to making a compost pile. Making a compost pile. Information on adding to a compost pile during the winter. Advice against composting clippings from a lawn treated with insecticides and an herbicide. Compost happens, but the right bin helps. Advice on the appropriate bin for the way you want to compost. A worm bin to make great compost. Getting started in vermicomposting. How to set up a bin, prevent problems and use the layer of worm castings in potting mix. Tip on composting some paper products. Advice on how to improve the ventilation of a worm composting box. The pros and cons of incorporating wallboard into compost. Tip tells how to use bottomless old barrels as composters. Composting hot or cold. A look at a number of ways to compost and advice on how to achieve the ideal carbon to nitrogen ratio. Advice on managing an active compost pile and added tips for making sure the compost material is healthy. How to build a compost box. How to generate a facsimile of cow manure without a cow by bagging organic material and allowing it to decompose. Three low-cost composters to build. (1) Drum and skate soilmaker ($25). (2) Cloverleaf tumbler ($48). (3) Hot water tank composter ($9). How to cook with compost. A look at French gardener, Jean Pain, and his energy producing compost piles. Report on compost heat experiments. Reports on research for providing heat from decomposing organic matter. Includes construction details for a compost-pile heat source. Organic garbage disposal unit consists of a drainage tile buried in the ground and a secure top. Decomposed garbage becomes odorless compost for your garden. Compost-heated water. How to use the heat generated by a large compost pile to heat water for household use. Tip: Dig a trench in a chicken coop to catch droppings, provide a source of heat and to produce useful compost. Let worms eat your garbage. The byproduct nutrient-rich humus which they produce is excellent for garden use. Making and using compost. Includes information on building a composter of 14-gauge wire, wood and hardware. Est. cost: $40. Making compost. The simplest way to turn trash into treasure. Homemade compost prevents fungal disease in gardens. Using kitchen compost. Four effective, tidy ways to convert your food waste into soil builders. What's in the heap? Dos and don'ts of composting and instructions for building a better bin. A look at how hollow-stemmed crops such as sunflowers and some weeds are a valuable addition to a compost pile. How to make a compost pile that works by combining the right ingredients in the right proportions. Three systems for turning organic waste into resources. A look at composting to produce fertilizer, anaerobic digestion to produce methane gas and hydrolysis of cellulose to produce ethyl alcohol and food yeast. What's involved and the practicability of each system discussed. A description of cowlot compost that combines manure and leaves. A description of one Arkansas family's results with a compost pile and using compost "tea" on their vegetable garden. Three special compost bins to build. (1) Rodentproof composter, (2) Three-story telescoping compost box, and (3) Barrel composter. How to make a compost pile that matures in about two weeks using manure. Managing the compost pile. A list of composting's variables and how to adjust each of them to get perfect results. Areation, moisture, Carbon/Nitrogen ratio, and lime covered. How to make leaf mold (humus) and use deciduous leaves for mulch and compost. How to make good compost from vegetable scraps and leaves. A look at compost piles, barrel composters and kitchen composters. How to begin your compost for next year's garden by starting an August compost pile. How to start a compost pile in the fall. Tip: Easy ways to make compost. How to get rich compost in 3 weeks. Includes a chart of the carbon/nitrogen ratios of various organic materials. Five easy-to-build compost bins. How to make hot compost. Techniques for making compost where you need it. Tip: Paved playgrounds are a source of compost if leaves gather in piles against fences, etc. Trench composting, a space saver for small gardens. Tip: Use scrap carpeting to cover compost piles to keep heat in. Tip: Plant fennel around your compost pile to conceal the pile and improve the odor. Tip: Keep flies away from compost pile by covering with clean, dry hay. Gems from garbage. How to produce a finished batch of compost in two weeks. Bringing in the leaves. How to use valuable leaves as compost, mulch, etc. Build a rainproof compost bin. Worm-turned compost. Kitchen garbage and red worms produce a steady supply of compost in a 5x5-ft. space. Steamroller composter. A drum-shaped composter, built from plywood and hardware cloth, is pushed around (rolled around) to mix up the compost. Est. cost: $45. Tip: Place a compost bin under a rabbit hutch. Adding organic matter to soil is the best way to improve a garden. Worms make compost easy. With a handful of earthworms and a 2-foot square box, you can compost kitchen scraps indoors or out, all through the year. How to use the "deep-litter" system to capture and use chicken droppings in your garden. Also describes the use of a pit in the chicken coop to catch droppings and serve as a compost pile for garbage. Tips on keeping ants out of compost piles. Tip: Use your kitchen blender to speed up composting of food scraps. How to stretch your compost by placing it where it is needed most. Tip on making straw-based, high-nitrogen compost. New life for dead soil. Patience and compost make the difference. Tips on how to build a compost bin. Using compost to control root-knot nematodes. Tip: Connect garbage disposal to a "compost pit". Four ideas on composting: Including tips on the process. Build a "better" barrel composter. Use a perforated washing machine drum to make compost. Combination rabbit hutch and compost bin produces nearly 2 cubic yards of compost per year. Creative composting. Suggestions for what can be included in your compost heap. Grass clippings and sawdust produce a granual compost within two weeks. Basic information on composting. Includes instruction for deep-bed composting in which beds for growing plants are built over compost piles. How to estimate a garden's compost needs. Tips on finding and handling large amounts of composting materials. Tip on growing vegetables in 32-gallon plastic trash can filled with compost ingredients. How to build a compost pile in August that will be ready for use in the spring. Tip: Making compost in an aluminum garbage can. Five steps to quick compost. The fine art of decay. A primer for beginners on the basic role of decaying organic matter in a garden. Insert gives tips on establishing a quick-cooking compost pile. A guide to five models of backyard composters. Inserts explain how to make compost and furnish the carbon/nitrogen ratios of various organic materials. Three-bin composter. Each bin holds 27 cubic feet of organic materials. Two bins are used for processing and the third for collecting. Tip: An anaerobic method of composting that requires no turning. Organic materials are sealed in black plastic trash bags for nine months. Tip: Manual automobile heat gauge can be made into a compost thermometer. Tip: How to speed composting of pine needles. Tips on insulating a late-season compost pile. Cold weather compost. Guidelines for making and managing a pile started in winter. Tip: How to manage a compost pile so it will remain hospitable to red worms. Tip: Prepare an island bed by "composting in place," turning over sod and mulching with clippings and leaves for a year. Tip: How to compost indoors. Small-space composting methods. Yard riches. Using your yard and kitchen waste to build healthy soil. Tip on using comfrey as a substitute for animal manure in the compost pile. Tips on composting in the winter. Tip on eliminating fly larvae from compost piles. Simple way to make winter compost without turning. A description of how to compost in place. Turning garden waste into garden gold. How to make great compost. Advice on adding compost on top of existing flower beds. Recipe for compost that combines shredded leaves, manure, and shredded computer paper. Advice on the cautions when adding weeds and/or diseased plants to a compost pile. How to control fruit flies in an indoor composting bin. How to do trench composting. Compost indoors. How to do vermicomposting. Includes plan for building a worm bin that doubles as a patio bench. An explanation of enzyme or activator products for compost or soil. How to compost fresh manure. How to recycle nitrogen-rich grass clippings. How to keep a compost pile's biological processes continuing through the winter. Turn fall waste into future gold. How to clean up a garden and fill up a compost pile. Three tips for getting more air into a compost pile. Tip suggests using alfalfa meal to absorb ooze and reduce the smell of collected kitchen scraps to be composted. Tip on making compost by layering the floor of a chicken coop with leaves. A regional guide to organic wastes that can be used for compost. Eight common compost complaints and how to correct a pile that isn't composting. Tip explains the problem of adding uncured compost to a garden. Tip explains how to compost fish waste. Advice on turning grass clippings into compost. Hot, hot, hot composting secrets. Tip on using garden paths to make compost. Tip on making compost from leaves and horse bedding. Six super-fast compost recipes. A look at what is available in compost pile ventilators. Adding tea leaves to kitchen scraps for the compost heap inhibits bacterial growth. Tip on how to aerate grass and leaves being saved for compost in trash cans to keep them from spoiling. Tip recommends having a compost pile right in the garden. The complete guide to compost. Advice on composting manure before using it in the garden to avoid E. coli problems. Organic garden composter. What to put into a pile, how to make "black gold" and ways to use the compost. An explanation of how to eliminate maggots in a compost tumbler. Buying compost. What to look for, how much to buy, how deep to apply it, do-it-yourself test for organic matter, etc. Basics of how and why to make compost. A low-cost soil conditioning tumbler you can make. Unit is constructed from exterior plywood. Composting the easy way. Mix leaves, stalks and other waste with commercial nitrogen sources and then shred the mixture. Compost box has three compartments, adjustable sides that can be raised or lowered by removing slats, and is built entirely of cedar wood. A look at composting and a test of seven commercial composters. Waste not. Various methods for turning leaves, grass clippings, and kitchen waste into rich compost. A recipe for making compost in 50 days that uses very little water. Backyard pavilion conceals and stores trash being recycled and a compost pile. Tip: How to make a simple compost pile within a cylinder of wire fencing. Tips on what you can and shouldn't compost. Triple-decker composter is speedy, neat, and easy to build. Wire mesh on the sides lets air circulate through for quick composting. Est. cost: $55. Tip on composting oak leaves. Five simple compost systems using bins, crates, pit, plastic sheets, and concrete blocks. The art of garden recycling. Looks at composting, mulching, and shredding. The ABCs of making compost. An easy guide to turning yard waste into food for the soil. Compost bin constructed of material from packing cases and pallets. Features a removable front panel and a lift top. | |||||||||
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