Matching Your Waste Stream to Your Composting Method

...tchen on a daily basis. This consists of vegetable trimmings, tea bags and coffee grounds. Advantages: Can be done indoors in an apartment. Produces a compost that is higher in nutrients than a conventional compost pile. Disadvantages: Certain foods can’t be added like citrus and onions. Conventional compost pile If you have a vegetable garden and want to grow organically, you’ll need to generate a large amount of compost. This is a great way to d...

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Our new front yard: history

...event you want to learn the history of our front yard while you drink your coffee, read on. Considering the site First, a brief description of the site. Our front yard consists of a garage partially embedded in a hillside, a concrete staircase of 30 stairs, and between these two things, a slope. The slope is what needs attention. The slope is fairly small. The area under renovation measures roughly 15 feet wide by 20 feet deep, and is broken into...

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Saturday Linkages: Cool Furniture and Other Thoughtstylings

Table Basse Modular Pallet Coffee Table http://t.co/tYFZlNp7ZY #iRecyclart via @iRecyclart — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 27, 2015 Keep your eye on the corn ethanol situation ://www.ewg.org/agmag/2015/05/how-corn-ethanol-worse-climate-change-keystone-pipeline — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 29, 2015 A pastoral case for bike lanes: http://t.co/mW2zujYNhC — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 29, 2015 Folding Cedar Lawn Chair http://t.co/TnUzWkMIxO — Ro...

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