Studies

13th Feb 2022 Some gardeners caution against using ash in their gardens, but recent (2022) research suggests that ash may actually be beneficial for composters.  The large-scale experiment conducted in Prague found that adding ash from combusted biomass to compost can increase the total nutrient content of the compost.  The experiment used a mixture of

19/01/23 Can you imagine a world where your food was grown in (composted) human waste? A recent study conducted by Hafner et al has confirmed just that human excrement can be used in compost to safely grow vegetables.   The researchers tested three different waste-based fertiliser: two made from human urine, and one called “faecal compost”