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How to Know if Your Compost is Ready to Use

Compost is one of the best organic gardening amendments. It adds nutrients, improves soil structure, enhances water retention, helps keep organic matter out of...

Soil, Compost, Mulch: A Garden Practice for a Warming World

Editor’s note:This piece was written during a period of personal and political overwhelm, when climate change felt both enormous and abstract. Returning to it...

Easy Backyard Compost | DIY Guide

If you’re here because you’d like to learn more about backyard composting, you’ve come...

The Biggest Mistake Gardeners Make With A Fall Compost Pile

Want to know the biggest mistake gardeners often make when it comes to starting their fall compost pile? Starting a compost pile in the fall...

Backyard Chicken Benefits to Compost | Organic Fertilizer

Of all the ingredients I could add to my garden to make it grow...

How to Compost Leaves in Fall

Leaf mold is formed from decomposed leavesnaturally occurring as they break down over time. It’s super easy to make; all you need is...

Why I will no longer be drawn into the false narrative on peat free compost | Jack Wallington

I will no longer be drawn into the false narrative on peat free vs peat compost comparisons. Over the last ten years I’ve been...

Horticulture industry bans corporations digging up precious habitats to make compost | Jack Wallington

The Government has, at long last, banned the home use of compost made from precious peatland habitats purely for the profit of a small...

How to figure out if a compost brand is good or not and the brands of peat free compost I use | Jack Wallington

Around the world the vast majority of plants on earth grow in a mix of mineral soil and composted organic matter – only those...

Understanding Bagged Compost – The Rusted Garden

Bagged manures and composts are not always 100% fully composted or broken down. Many...

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Homemade Dandelion Beer | Chelsea Green Publishing

You may have heard of dandelion wine, but have you ever made dandelion beer? We have a recipe for dandelion beer that will be...

How to Redesign and Revamp Your Garden After Light Conditions Change: Part 2

Back in February, I offered you the first part of a five-step model for...

How to Save Water in the Vegetable Garden

Sharing is caring! Water is one of the most limiting factors in a productive vegetable garden, especially once soil temperatures rise into the summer growing...
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