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Compost, Plant Care

Want Healthy Soil? Don’t Compost These

 

Here’s a list of things you should never add to your compost pile

As gardeners we tend to love to re-purpose everything and not litter the planet with any type of waste matter.

What do we usually think of? The compost pile? It’s the eternal solution to any garbage problems.

Yet, we may go a tad too far and compost way too many things, some of which may be downright detrimental to the soil’s health. Raising awareness is usually the best way to prevent such mistakes from happening.

We hope that the following article will shed light on what makes sense to be composted and what not. For the sake of your garden, plants, and yourself.

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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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Video – A Few Great Composting Secrets Revealed

 

Find out how seasoned gardeners prepare their compost

Composting organic matter is a gardening art. People love to do it, because it feels like alchemy. You take one thing and then it transforms into another. It’s a fascinating process.

Many gardeners don’t stick to just one composting practice, but learn from each other and share tips and techniques.  This allows them to broaden their knowledge, something that offers multiple approaches to a single topic.

In this video you will see that there are indeed many different ways to make compost. You are free to apply and experiment with any of these and decide what works best for you.

The beauty of one of the techniques is, that once you set up the organic matter into the compost, you don’t have to do anything else.

You don’t need to water it now and then, nor do you have to take a look at it to make sure everything is going as it should. The process maintains itself, because of way the initial set-up was done.

Watch further and be amazed!

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