-Sally Watkins- Compost is all the rage in the sustainability and permaculture communities, but what can compost do for you and your home garden, and how can you produce it on a small scale? In this blog post, we are going to discuss how to get your compost tumbler or pile to create rich, nutritious compost as efficiently as possible, and finish up with a great recipe for compost tea. If you have a yard with some space away from your house, the simplest way to compost is to create a basic … [Read more...] about Compost: Yes, You Can Make it Yourself (and compost tea too!)
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Composting With Red Wiggler Worms
-Luis Guerra- Every spring, many of us rush out to our local garden centers in search of rich organic compost for amending our home gardens. We typically encounter many brands of bagged compost that are derived from different organic sources. Hopefully we find a local, regional, or even national organic copost brand that we can trust, depending on where we shop. But what if you could make your own compost with just a few square feet of space in your home or garage? What if I told you that … [Read more...] about Composting With Red Wiggler Worms
Compost Tea Made Easy
-Gabrial House- With spring approaching, it’s time to start thinking about your garden, and the best way to help your plants fight off heat, high humidity, and the dry soil that’s sure to come. For me, the best route to take is treating my garden to a fresh batch of compost tea. As the name implies, compost tea is made by steeping compost in water, and using the resulting liquid gold on or around your plants. Most of us know the benefits that compost provides to our garden soil, but … [Read more...] about Compost Tea Made Easy
A Guide to Simple Composting
-Gabrial House- Compost is one of the most nourishing and critical elements to a good organic garden. Compost not only feeds the plant in the garden it also feeds all of the wonderful creatures and bacteria that make living soil so vital and rich. Compost aids in aeration, water retention, as well as keeping the soil’s PH at a level the plants most prefer. Lots of good compost can even keep your plants disease- and pest-free! Let’s take a look at what it takes to make good compost from … [Read more...] about A Guide to Simple Composting
Worm Composting with Brian Rosa
Sunday, April 26th: 12-3pm Instructor: Brian Rosa Fifth Season Carrboro Outdoor Classroom Registration: $50 for one person, or $75 for two people sharing one worm bin.* Expect a fun-filled, info-packed afternoon workshop on composting with worms. Beneficial for all ages! Brian Rosa, founder of BE New Organic World (BE N. O. W.), will dig into the basics of backyard composting and vermi-composting. Learn from an expert while experiencing the process … [Read more...] about Worm Composting with Brian Rosa
Backyard Composting with Brian Rosa
Saturday, April 18th: 12-2pm Instructor: Brian Rosa Fifth Season Outdoor Classroom Registration: $25* Compost happens! Come for a fun and informative hands-on class where you'll learn quick & easy methods for turning ordinary kitchen scraps & yard waste into black gold. Organics Waste Solutions Specialist Brian Rosa will teach you the necessary components and practices of successful backyard composting. Topics covered include: Basics Arts & Science, Do's … [Read more...] about Backyard Composting with Brian Rosa
Putting Worms to Work: Vermicomposting Basics
Let’s talk compost: vermicompost to be specific. What’s that? Well, technically it’s worm poop and it’s amazing stuff: full of humus and microbes to inoculate garden soil or revitalize house plants. Worm composting systems deliver more than a top-notch fertilizer; they make it possible to compost kitchen scraps without a large outdoor compost bin--perfect for apartments or small households, although you can create a megasized wormtopia too, if that’s your thing. As long as the temperature … [Read more...] about Putting Worms to Work: Vermicomposting Basics
Growing Healthy and Beautiful Roses… Organically!
Roses are one of the most beloved flowers in the world, known for their beauty, fragrance, and symbolism. However, growing and maintaining roses requires proper care to ensure they thrive. Oftentimes people think that growing beautiful roses requires using synthetic pesticides and fertilizer. In fact, there are Organic products that will help to keep your roses healthy, and your garden and soil happy too! Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced gardener, these tips will help you cultivate … [Read more...] about Growing Healthy and Beautiful Roses… Organically!
A Year in the Organic Garden – May
Welcome back to our “Year in the Organic Garden Series!” In April, our cool season garden hit its stride, we covered the basics on fertilization and started our warm season seedlings indoors. If you missed the post, or want to refresh your memory, please take a look at April in the Organic Garden. May is a month of transition. Our cool season crops will soon be slowing down &/or going to seed as the weather warms. When they’re done, simply pull them and add them to the compost … [Read more...] about A Year in the Organic Garden – May
Ten Steps to Make Your Garden More Sustainable and Earth-friendly
In honor of Earth Day, we’re sharing ten steps you can take to make your garden more sustainable and Earth-friendly. You’ll notice that many of these tips are linked to each other. For example, if you mulch or add compost to your garden, your plants will require less water and will thrive much more easily in the summer heat. If those plants are native, they’ll provide food for pollinators, which in turn increases garden yields and health. In nature, everything is related, which means even small … [Read more...] about Ten Steps to Make Your Garden More Sustainable and Earth-friendly
