Unlike a magic potion, whose ingredients must be mixed exactly to provide the desired end result, a compost pile isn’t an exact science. But there are certain components, tips and tricks that avid composters use to create the best end results possible. Humus is produced from composting, and nothing makes your garden happier.
Balance The Ingredients
In order to for a compost pile to be considered active, there must be a proper balance of ingredients. If you have too much of a single component, your compost may eventually go cold. To keep …

Organic matter tends to decompose naturally. But you can actually help make the process easier by learning the process of composting. Having a compost pile may be easy or hard, depending on the way you choose to do things and how much time you want to invest in managing your pile.
Hot or Cold?
There are basically two ways to create compost. It can either be a hot or cold pile. The cold type is the easier route since you just have to leave the pile to break down. You gather the …

In today’s complicated world where everything is connected (from manufacturing to consumption to disposal), waste management takes on several disposal methods (landfills, incineration, recycling) because there is as yet no ideal disposal system.
One of the best processes is composting.
Composting happens in nature all the time. These days, composting takes on a new meaning as it becomes one additional method of waste disposal under the bigger umbrella of waste management.
Composting is controlling the decomposition of organic matter in a more scientific manner. The product is compost (humus), and is used in …

Imagine yourself as a chef of a fancy restaurant. To cook a delicious meal, you carefully measure the ingredients and combine them to create wonderful dishes. The same can be said when creating composts. This time, however, instead of the people in the restaurant as your customers, you will be answering the needs of your plants. And just like cooking, you are given the task of putting together in equal amounts the “greens” and “browns” of composting.
“Greens” and “browns” are nicknames which are used to refer to the organic materials …

I have a great tip today, courtesy of my friend and fellow gardener, Teresa. She told me that when she was younger, her and her family would go to a party at a family friend’s house for a BBQ.
After the guests were finished eating, the dad would gather up the biodegradable foods, dig a hole by a tree, put the saved bits into the hole and then fill it in. Over time, the foods would break down, feed the soil and in time nourish the tree.
I thought this was blooming …

Mulching an organic garden can be defined as placing decomposed organic material around your plants. Fertilizer in an organic garden may be as simple as amending the soil with compost. Fertilizing and mulching provides protection and nutrition to your garden plants. These mulches and fertilizers can be purchased at home and garden centers as well as online.

Composting is something that can not only help your garden, but it can also help the planet. The amount of your contribution will depend on the size of your garden. So while you may look at your small patch of land and ask yourself what difference it will really make in the big picture keep in mind if everyone pitched in we would make a definite impact to the planet. Many people have misconceptions about what composting is and isn’t. So I will go through some of the popular myths and debunk them here and now.

Organic gardening has been around for thousands of years, and frankly was the way the ancients did their gardening. In those days there were no chemicals or artificial methods to grow crops. It was basically done by the sweat of one’s brow. So how did they do it back then? How did they grow crops to feed their family and friends without the modern convenience of chemistry?

When people talk about composting they are often not aware that something’s are inappropriate to put into compost bins. One would think that any table scraps, or items found in the kitchen after cooking could be put into a compost bin. This is a great idea, but not really a good one. While there are quite a few things you can use to compost, there are some things that just do not work.

If you are wondering about whether or not to start organic gardening please keep thinking about it. Go and gather all the information you need to make a wise decision for yourself. Organic gardening is something that will not only be of great value to you and your family, but will also help the global family and our planet. By everyone pitching in just a little it will go a long way to helping out the planetary challenges we are currently facing.