self watering compost tea garden that scares away birds upda


this is my above grond self watering garden with compost tea and a bunch of ways to scare away birds and critters

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Posted on July 29th, 2011 by admin and filed under kitchen composter | 5 Comments »

Can you grow a vegetable garden in ONLY compost?


I know that compost is generally added to the soil, and then tilled in, but would a garden grow in only compost? And would it grow well?

Compost is light enough that topheavy plants like tomatoes are just going to tip over. It also doesn’t have great buffering capacity (the clay in soil is excellent for this function).

Summary: ok for small stuff like lettuce, ok for underground tubers like carrots, but you’re going to get better results by mixing it in with real soil.

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Posted on July 28th, 2011 by admin and filed under garden compost | 5 Comments »

Composting for your Garden


We join Master Gardener Betty Ames as she walks us through the steps on how to make your own nutritious compost. She explains the benefits of hot composting and how to turn everyday food and garden waste into “black gold.”

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Animation by Chris Heuer, Freefall FX, LLC

Shot and edited by Brett Wooldridge and Emily Heimsoth

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Posted on July 27th, 2011 by admin and filed under kitchen composter | 1 Comment »

Gardening update, composting, need help dealing with hungry deer!

Another brief sidetrack from the silver topics because I had some viewers asking for an update on the garden. All the weeds are pulled, the soil is tilled, and about half the beds are now either seeded or seedling’d.

If you don’t compost, please look into it! It’s free, very easy to do, and has about a zillion benefits both for yourself and for the planet. Whether or not you garden, you should compost.

Please comment or message me if you know any good deer-repelling methods. I’ve already heard of peeing on your yard (no comment) so don’t bother with that one. As for a fence, I can’t, the terrain is too crazy and I don’t have money to put into a fence right now anyway. I can’t get a dog at the moment so that one’s out too. Oh yeah and in my area we can’t shoot wild animals within city limits, so that’s out. I’d rather not throw rocks, because I don’t like hurting other animals… but I will protect my food! Alternatives that aren’t harmful to the deer, expensive, or damaging to the planet would be best. Thanks!

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Posted on July 10th, 2011 by admin and filed under kitchen composter | 23 Comments »

No Till Organic Gardening Using Natural Waste And Yard Compost

video filmed at HerbFest, the longest running herb plant sale and herb festival in the U.S., showing the
No till gardening method using organic materials by Dr. Milton Ganyard, professor at North Carolina State University. Proceeds from the HerbFest benefit The Graham Johnson Cultural Arts Endowment, http://www.gjcae.org, a children charitable foundation promotonig the development of self confidence and self esteem using the arts.

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Posted on July 9th, 2011 by admin and filed under kitchen composter | 25 Comments »

How to Brew Compost Tea

Compost tea is a solution that improves the health of soil, which in turn improves the health of the plants that grow in that soil. Scott LaFleur, of the New England Wild Flower Society, shows Dave how to brew compost tea using a special brewing machine that you can get for your own garden.

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Posted on July 4th, 2011 by admin and filed under kitchen composter | 17 Comments »
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