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How to Start a Compost Bin

Set yourself up for success by making your compost bin easy to use and simple to maintain.
There’s a yardstick among gardeners that good, rich soil with lots of actively decaying organic matter in it should have about a dozen or more earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris) in each cubic foot. But ...
Someone preparing a bokashi compost bucket with lots of food scraps. - Guido Mieth/Getty Images By just looking at it, bokashi and worm composting (vermicomposting) might seem like similar ways to ...
Hi, my name is Wanda/Willie Red Wiggler Worm (Eisenia fetida) and I live in a worm bin. The bin is cared for by a local garden lover who uses the end product to fertilize her plants. My bin, where I ...
Blending kitchen scraps with water makes quick compost to feed plants. Chop up and freeze compostable kitchen waste to make large batches. Pour blender compost around plants, or into trenches, compost ...
An indoor worm bin composting workshop will be held at 4 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. Saturday at Sam's Spade Garden Tools and Wares, 111 S. Fourth St., in Hamilton. The free workshop will introduce the ...
The end product of this work also varies. Bokashi produces pre-compost that requires it to be buried in soil to complete the decomposition, making nutrient-rich fertilizer in about two weeks. Worm ...