Composting is the process of decomposing materials that were once from living organisms. The choice of how to go about it in the home garden will depend on a number of factors such as space, the amount and type of organic material available at any one time and the...
Articles
Soil building and composting
Composting Pet Manure
We spend lots of money on pet food and dogs in particular create mountains of droppings which either get put into bags and sent to landfill, or sit on the ground and often get washed into waterways where the nutrients can cause detrimental effects such as algal blooms...
Vinegar Flies and Compost Buckets
What are those little flies around the compost bucket? Do you sometimes reach a point with your kitchen compost bucket where you experience a mass of little flies taking off when you disturb the bucket? Chances are you have acquainted yourself with vinegar flies...
Composting Weeds
Can I Compost Weeds? Every garden has its very own crop of weeds depending on the soil, climate and previous history to name a few factors. One solution to weeds is to see them as valuable organic matter that can be used to improve your soil. The easiest to compost...
The microbes in your compost heap
A compost heap is a microbiological festival of organisms that are vital to breaking down various organic materials. The most prolific are fungi, bacteria and actinomycetes and these are the most important groups of the many species that can be found in a compost...