Category Archives: Compost

Compost, Organic Gardening, Plant Care

Hugelkultur: Could This Be The Best Gardening Method Ever?

 

What can our European ancestors teach us about organic gardening?

Hugelkultur does sound new to many gardeners, but it was the main gardening method for many European citizens, mostly in Germany and Eastern Europe.

Hugelkultur means ‘mound culture’. The secret lies in what you need to bury in the ground to keep your garden going. It may surprise you, or it may not, but it will definitely sound perfectly normal.

It’s often the case that many things which are simple and intuitive are often forgotten. You will be amazed at how simple and natural this method is and you will wish you had started applying it earlier.

But after all, it’s never too late, so give that one a go.

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Compost, Organic Gardening

What Is Vermicomposting And Why You Should Care

 

The best organic garden is the one which has worms in it

Gardeners love worms. These little creatures make sure to improve the soil’s quality, add nutrients (with their poo), and keep all your plants healthy. Yet, gardens don’t often consider using worms also for their composting.

This type of composting is called vermicomposting and it’s gathering popularity more and more, and with very sound reasons.

Your worms usually do all the work for you, and the composting pile turns to fertilizer much quicker than if it was left on its own.

You’ll learn a lot more – how to take care of your worms, how to keep them happy and healthy, what to avoid, and most of all why to avoid extreme temperatures.

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Compost, General Gardening Wisdom, Organic Gardening

Fungi And Bacteria: The Main Reason For Happy Plants

 

Few people know that without fungi in the soil, plants won’t ever grow

How well are you acquainted with the fact that bacteria and fungi are the main reason we have plants growing? Fungi are the reason why the plants have nutrients and grow happily ever after.

We’re used to thinking that fungi are the reason why plants die. While this is mostly true, we should note that there are good fungi, just like there are edible mushrooms. Mushrooms, fungi… all part of the same family.

Enter into the world of spores.

The article below reveals the (vital) importance of us keeping fungi and bacteria in the soil happy. You’ll learn how to keep them thriving (thus helping your plants). You’ll learn to tap into the enormous fungi potential to make them work hard for you.

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Compost Problems: How To Handle Them Like A Pro

 

Learn the best tricks when it comes to managing your compost pile

Compost doesn’t naturally turn itself into a soil-friendly matter. It needs specific conditions in order to kickstart the decomposting processes.

If one or two of these conditions aren’t met, you run the risk of spoiling your compost and turning it into a slimy heap of smelly garbage. If you don’t turn the process back into a healthy decomposition, you may lose the organic matter and it may not be usable any more.

This is exactly why you need to know the pitfalls and potential problems accompanying the process of composting.

These problems are very common and can happen even to the most experienced gardeners. After all, the compost pile is outside, and sometimes even the weather conditions may be against us. But there’s no reason to despair.

Just learn what to look for and how to quickly reverse the bad process into a healthy one.

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Indoors Composting: Possible Thanks To These Worms

 

If you never thought it’s possible, we’re here to share the good news

How many gardeners consider composting anywhere different than outside? Well, that’s the common practice and common sense. It tells us that the mess that a compost heap is, wouldn’t fit nicely indoors.

It turns out, many of us miss an amazing opportunity. Indoor composting is just as easy as outdoor composting, only, it’s inside.

If you position it strategically in your house, you’ll hardly notice it. Of course, a compost pile doesn’t work if the required conditions aren’t there. That’s why you’ll employ a friend to help you – the humble little worm!

But not any worm. Read further to learn about this particular worm species. And no, it’s not exotic; you can easily find it on a farmer’s market.

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Compost, Organic Gardening, Plant Care

What Is A Cover Crop And Why You Should Care

 

Build healthier soil using an intuitive and natural way

Using cover crops isn’t exactly a common practice. This is why it’s in fact beneficial to talk about it. As you read the article below you will realize it’s a very useful method for, literally, building soil.

This is especially true if you need to invigorate the soil and enrich it with nutrients.

Unfortunately it’s not a method used in the modern agriculture industry, but among small farmers and gardeners, it’s a hit!

Further on, you’ll read about the origin of this method, also learn about the method itself and which are the steps to implement this practice in your gardening plans.

Also, you’ll learn how to take care of this ‘living mulch’, as it’s called.

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Compost, Organic Gardening, Plant Care

(Video) Biochar: The Best Organic Food For Your Soil

 

Why praise biochar so much? Read further to learn about the amazing benefits

Biochar, as the name implies, is an organic by-product from burning organic garden matter. It looks like charcoal but it shouldn’t be confused with it.

Biochar has a lot more benefits (some truly astonishing ones) compared to charcoal and other similar soil fertilizers. Once you learn how beneficial biochar is, you may even discontinue your use of other fertilizers.

Biochar is very potent and boosts the soil’s health not only with nutrients. In fact, biochar is of immense help to all beneficial insects and mostly to earth worms. You’ll learn why, and we’re sure it’s something you may not have known before.

Go ahead and watch the video. Then try this in your garden and observe the changes!

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(Video) Compost Not Composting? Learn How To Remedy The Compost

 

The most common issues and how to kick-start the composting process

It’s fair to say that composting isn’t an easy all-intuitive process. We know that organic matter needs to compost to turn into healthy soil. Yet, why doesn’t it work at times?

What makes the compost and organic matter rot? Why are there strange bugs and flies? Is it slimy and foul-smelling?

If yes to all that, you’re not doing composting right. There are ways to fix the problem, and you’ll learn those tricks from the video that follows. It tells you what makes compost turn bad and eventually what you need to do to improve the process.

Not only that, but you’ll get behind the reasoning of these processes, so that you don’t run into the same problem again.

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Compost, Container Gardening, Plant Care

Video – DIY Biodegradable Pots

 

Ditch the heavy pots and reuse biodegradable material as plant pots

If you’re not only an organic gardener, but also a conscious environmentalist you probably also love everything that has a sustainable touch to it.

If the answer is yes, then you will totally love the ideas presented in the following video. You will learn three amazing, easy and yet entirely sustainable ways of reusing biodegradable matter.

You will use them to grow your seeds in, and then you can literally plant both the seedling and the pot in the soil.

We promise you – it will degrade over time and you will have reused material which otherwise may have find its way either in the trash or in your compost bin. Why not turn these into planting pots?

Well, watch the video to learn how and we’re sure you will love this so much that you will soon forget about the heavy ceramic or terracotta pots.

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Video – Easy Worm Farm System

 

Learn why you don’t need any fertilizer, but simply worms, for your garden

Many gardeners know that worms are highly beneficial critters, and the soil will be completely exhausted if they didn’t have worms.

As worms eat organic matter they leave the most beneficial and nutritious juices behind digesting the food. These juices are so concentrated with nutrients for your plants that in large amounts they can burn the plants.

In the video that follows you will learn why you will need nothing else but these juices to fertilizers your plants. You will also learn why it’s such a perfect system that you won’t need anything else, but worms for your plants.

Furthermore, you’ll also learn how to build a simple and cheap system for growing worms, and also how to collect their nutritious juices. Don’t forget to dilute the juices because they are very strong.

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