Kitchen compost is a way of using up your food scraps to make great quality soil for your garden. Composting is recycling at its best, and I believe any gardener who wants to have great flowers and other plants and at the same time...
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Kitchen compost is a way of using up your food scraps to make great quality soil for your garden. Composting is recycling at its best, and I believe any gardener who wants to have great flowers and other plants and at the same time benefit the planet should be an enthusiastic maker and user of compost.
T he Quebec government says it wants to ban "green" and recyclable waste from landfills within a decade, starting with paper and cardboard with the aim of lowering average household waste from 810 to 700 kilograms per year. It announced Monday that it will be earmarking $650 million over the next ten years for projects, including new recycling sites. That’s good news in the main, altough as always the devil will be in the details. If we’re talking mostly about things like garden waste and... Read Full Story
International Composting Awareness Week (Sunday 3rd to Saturday 9th May 2009) is a week of activities, events and publicity to improve awareness about the importance of this valuable organic resource and to promote compost use, knowledge and products. Approximately 60% of the rubbish Australians put in the everyday mixed-waste ‘garbage bin’ could be put to better use in the garden as compost and mulch or could be returned to agricultural land to improve soil quality. Alarmingly, such a huge... Read Full Story
International Composting Awareness Week (Sunday 3rd to Saturday 9th May 2009) is a week of activities, events and publicity to improve awareness about the importance of this valuable organic resource and to promote compost use, knowledge and products. Approximately 60% of the rubbish Australians put in the everyday mixed-waste ‘garbage bin’ could be put to better use in the garden as compost and mulch or could be returned to agricultural land to improve soil quality. Alarmingly, such a huge... Read Full Story
You may have heard that composting is a good thing because food waste that rots in our landfills and creates methane gas that adds to the greenhouse effect, but that’s a lot to take in even for a minimalist. I mean, I’m not a scientist. But, here are some other reasons why I started composting my food waste. First of all, I cook a fair amount so I create a lot of vegetable scraps. What do I do with them? I can either put them into my garbage disposal and risk clogging it up, (what a pain... Read Full Story
The great thing about tea is it tastes great, is great for your health and it’s budget friendly.
Every so often I get a little bored with my tea prep and willingly look for ways to complicate things. When I received a humongous gift certificate a few years ago I drove myself crazy deciding what to get. Finally I chose and made one of those buys that basically makes no sense and you never really understand why you actually did.
I had to buy something - I didn’t want to be one of... Read Full Story
I went out to my compost heap a few weeks ago and found this great big vine growing. What a wonderful surprise! We just ate the 4 winter squash that grew so unexpectedly and they were great. I just love eating naturally and composting, I need to make this years winter compost soon. I've picked a site near some old trees and I hope it will revitalize them. Now that I've seen how well the squash did in that spot I might plant some pumpkins and squash there next year. Read Full Story
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Turn every day waste into kitchen compost. That of course is the general idea behind this article.
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Let's take a look at How to Build a Conpost Pile and make another contribution to the environment at home.
Building your own compost pile has many rewards. Not only will you be helping the planet by recycling and putting waste back into the "earth" but you can also make one of the most nutrient-rich soils for your garden plants and vegetables - a win/win situation for all. Read Full Story
Earth Day Network sweeps media coverage for Earth Day! Chances are you saw, heard or read about Earth Day Network on Earth Day. During Earth Day week, EDN President Kathleen Rogers was featured in a live interview on CNN talking about Earth Day activities; we made ABC news; original Earth Day organizer Denis Hayes was featured in an interview on CBS News Up to the Minute, and also in Vanity Fair.com . Radio stations from around the globe including the BBC and Vatican radio interviewed our... Read Full Story
Making kitchen compost is an easy way to compost your food scraps to make good-quality soil for your garden. You can add everything from vegetables and fruit to old newspapers, coffee grounds, some baked goods, egg shells, and other types of leftovers that might come from your kitchen. Try to steer clear of putting certain foods into your kitchen composting system. These foods include citrus fruits, which fruit flies like to eat, as well as meat and bones, which can attract rodents. Other... Read Full Story
