On January 12th I was in the middle of experimenting with some very early sowings of cabbage and broccoli. Planting this early is unusual, even in my relatively mild climate*, but after successfully overwintering young broccoli plants the last couple of years, I wanted to see if I could replicate that success with a winter […]
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The Australian Brush Turkey (Alectura lathami), known to the Yuwaalaraay people as Gweela, is not considered a particularly intelligent bird. However, it has mastered something that many of think is difficult even for people – hot composting. The bird gathers organic material and piles it into a large mound before laying its eggs inside. The
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Affiliate Disclosure: This review contains affiliate links. If you purchase through these links, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. This helps support our testing work. It’s cheap. It’s cheerful. And it comes in a lot of plastic. The Navaris Hanging Waste Bins won’t win design awards, it’s not particularly
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Affiliate Disclosure: This review contains affiliate links. If you purchase through these links, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. This helps support our testing work. The simplehuman Compost Caddy is beautiful. Maybe too beautiful. If you live in a country kitchen like mine, you’ll probably find it looks out
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Affiliate Disclosure: This review contains affiliate links. If you purchase through these links, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. This helps support our testing work. When it first arrived, on the same day as the simplehuman compost bin, I wasn’t expecting much from the mBillion. Perhaps it was the
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Affiliate Disclosure: This review contains affiliate links. If you purchase through these links, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. This helps support our testing work. After years of running homemade worm bin systems, I’ve finally taken the plunge into pre-fab territory — and the VermiHut Plus 5-Tray Worm Composter
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Affiliate Disclosure: This review contains affiliate links. If you purchase through these links, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. This helps support our testing work. The GeoBin may be a budget option, but my initial testing suggests it has a lot going for it — super-easy construction, plenty of
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