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Archive for June, 2009

Composting with the Worms

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
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Yet another random school project, except this one’s for our school’s Environment Club.

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Chickadee Finds a Home

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Terry Slack made us a birdhouse out of recycled wood which sits atop a pole along the fence beside our compost bins. A Chickadee family has already moved in and we try to be quiet so as not to disturb them while they make their nest. City Farmer.

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Create your Own Landscape Design : Steel & Rock Landscape Edging

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Edging materials for landscaping include steel and rock, get expert yard and landscape design tips in this free video.

Expert: Gale Gassiot
Bio: Gale Gassiot makes her own organic compost or “gardener’s black gold.”

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Jora Big Pig Compost Maker-home organic gardening easy on you and the environment

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

http://stores.vitality4life.com.au/Home_Composting/

Organic home gardening made easy with this environmentally friendly rotating heat-generating and insulated composter.

Convenient and simple to create living soil nutrients all year round.

Enjoy seeing the transformation of your kitchen waste into ecologically sustainable nutritious compost you can use to fertilise lawns, pot plants, vegetable gardens and flower beds.

This Swedish designed quality home composting unit is manufactured to impeccably high standards. Available in 2 sizes, both units feature 2 insulated compartments and are self standing or can be mounted to the wall (brackets included).

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How to Compost : Handling Pests in Compost Heaps

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Handle pests in compost heaps or compost bins by having a cat and a raised or enclosed bin that is hard for animals to get to and learn about having the right mixture to avoid them in this free gardening video.

Expert: Yolanda Vanveen
Contact: www.vanveenbulbs.com
Bio: Yolanda Vanveen is a third-generation flower grower and sustainable gardener who lives in Kalama, Wash.
Filmmaker: Daron Stetner

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Compost Bin

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Fabulous OrganicNik shows step-by-step how to emble a GardenGourmet compost bin. *Tips on composting is also included.

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Compost Tumblers: Advantages and Disadvantages

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

http://compostinstructions.com

Do you need a compost bin? There are advantages and disadvantages to compost tumblers. We look at both in this video, from the space you are limited to, to accessibility and usability as well.

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Organic Gardening – Gardening Plan

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

To view the next video in this series click: http://www.monkeysee.com/play/10833

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Lifting the Lid – Step by Step!

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

A step by step guide to the building of the Dial House compost toilet in 2002 made by Graham Burnett. This film complements Nick Fenton’s film ‘Lifting the Lid on the Compost Toilet’, available from www.spiralseed.co.uk

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What is the best way to make cheap organic compost?

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Anyone have any ideas or web links on the most cost effective way to make your own fast composting organic compost bin?

Get some 4ft 2in.X4in. fencing. Make 3 cylinders, by standing the fencing up, and making a circular tube about 3ft in diameter. Cut the fencing, and wire the ends together. Make 2 more .

Collect your neighbor's leaves and cut grass(be careful toavoid grass that has recenly been treated with weed-killer), and go to you neighborhood fruit stand, and collect all the corn tailings, rotten fruit, and so on. Any thing organic will do.

Layer the materials into the first cylinder. 6" leaves, 2-3" grass, some other organics, 6" leaves, 2-3 in grass, and so no. It is not rocket science, but I have found that grass is a great catalyst, as it produces lots of heat, and nitrogen to speed the process. Too much grass will make the mixture too hot, and will produce a soggy, matted mixture.
Every 2 to 3 days, just lift the cylinder up, letting the mixture slide out the bottom. Then fork the mixture into the same, or another cylinder. This turning aereates the mixture, and you start the process again. With 3 cylinders, you can have a sort of production line that produces viable compost in about 2 weeks, when done right, 3 if you mess up.
Good luck.

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