Ready to get the most out of your garden and turn waste into black gold? It’s time to learn about composting! Here you’ll find clear, step-by-step instructions, informative articles and pro tips on the composting process that will help you become a master composter in no time.
If you’re totally new to composting, start off with our home composting guide, while experienced composters might want to find out our 16 tips for speeding compost up!
If you think there’s only one or two types of composting, you might be in for a surprise. There’s actually dozens of ways to turn garbage into black gold, and as people get inventive, more of being thought of. Each compost method has its pros and cons – and its fans and detractors. In reality, …
13 Composting Methods – Plus How to Choose the Best One For You Read More »
If you’re just starting to get into composting, chances are you’re wondering what you can compost. Here’s a quick answer – if it’s been recently alive, you can probably compost it. In fact, we’re surrounded by materials. You’ll find materials in your garden, home or office. If you run out of materials there, a trip …
What You Can Compost: From Everyday Items To The Bizarre… Read More »
Simple questions such as what is compost/composting should be easy to answer. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be an accepted definition of either term. Indeed, explanations vary from book to book and from article to article. That makes life difficult for the serious composter. After all, our species’ very ability to communicate depends on having …
What is compost? It’s more controversial than you might think… Read More »
A few years ago, a man knocked on my house door when I was at work. My wife answered. ‘I’ve got a trailer full of shit here for you.” (It was a big trailer.) She wasn’t very happy. When she asked me why I hadn’t asked her first, I asked her if she would have …
In the summer I can haul several wheelbarrows of weeds in a day to my compost heap, rapidly building up its size. But things are very different in the garden in winter. Having just come back from a pleasurable hour in the garden, I’ve only managed to pull up a small bucketful of weeds and …
The process of making compost can take anything from a couple of weeks to several years – it all depends on which composting process you use, and how much work you put into it. Let’s dig into the details… Compost in two weeks One of the fastest ways to make compost is to use the …
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A cold compost heap can take months or even years to reach perfection. The good news is that you don’t have to wait that long. In fact one composting system produces finished compost in just 14-21 days. (You’d ideally let it mature for a while before using it for the first time!) If you’re as …
My first compost pile wasn’t great. A corner of my garden behind my garage had three walls around it, and I simply dumped my garden waste there. I didn’t pay much attention to the intricacies of composting, but when I dug down after two years I got compost. You see while you can dig deep …
Home Composting – A Step by Step Guide to Getting Started Read More »
You can minimise or eliminate the smell of indoor compost bins, if you take the right steps. Fortunately, it’s not hard to produce indoor compost without stinking your kitchen out. In this article we’ll cover everything you need to stop your compost from becoming smelly. I’ll be honest, I’m not allowed to compost in the …
We drink a lot of tea. The British drink 36 billion cups of tea a year, while in 2018 the US consumed 84 billion cups. That’s a lot! So it makes sense to do something useful with them – something like composting. After all, a single teabag might not make much compost, but a year’s …