Day to day, our decisions count
...r meals. Some people are really good at this. I am not. Let us know if you have a good technique. The final stop gap to food wastage is composting–but that is a subject unto itself....
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The Soil Beneath Our Feet
...t 5 areas of personal action on behalf of the soil: Our consumer decisions Composting Mulching No-till gardening Committing to not using chemical fertilizers and pesticides This being Root Simple, I know our readers are savvy–in fact, I suspect our readers know more about this stuff than we do. But I natter on nonetheless, preaching to the choir. I hope the information I’ll be posting helps to provide you all with a little inspiration, or a fresh...
The Wonder of Worms
...ig Fat Worm Bin A post on harvesting and managing our bin: Maintaining a Worm Bin Erik and I talk about worms in this episode of our podcast: 015 Worm Composting and Skunks And last but not least, The Fine Art of Worm Grunting...
Compost Piles on Fire!
...the biology. BioCycle has a whole article on fire prevention in municipal composting facilities that covers this common problem. So what situation(s) can lead to a fire? Here’s what can happen with a low moisture, large pile with little air exchange, combined with water getting into the pile in a place where there is enough air to support biological activity and chemical oxidation, but not enough to cool the pile. An old, dry compost pile, or a p...
Free Webinar on Making and Using Compost Teas
...dreds of pre-nursing students through chemistry and environmental science courses, and currently is researching the feasibility of composting for new uses in society....