Category: Composting

🪴Getting one’s head around seed, & growing compost media can be confusing so today John explains growing media for potting compost finishing with tips to help you choose what is best for you and the plants you like to grow 🪴***ADDITIONAL LINKS BELOW*** ️ FIND OUR COURSES AT: https://johnhorseyhorticulture.co.uk/courses/ ️ SUBSCRIBE: http://www.youtube.com/c/JohnHorseyHorticulture ️ JHH Amazon…

In this new video, I’m showing you how to make compost at home! This simple and easy process can help you make an incredible contribution to your garden, and clean up your soil in the process! Making compost is one of the simplest and most effective ways to improve your soil and your garden. In…

Big changes are on the way for how New Yorkers throw out their trash. The City Council passed a bill that makes composting a requirement. It’s part of the city’s effort to cut down on its carbon footprint. CBS2’s Kristie Keleshian explains when this will be rolled out and how. Source

How to make and use compost in winter, when it’s colder and there is less material to add. It’s possible to keep adding to your heap, but results will be much slower than in the summer. My climate is temperate oceanic and the temperature is often above freezing in winter, so the garden still happens,…

UPDATE: We now sell a Mini HOTBIN more suited to smaller households and spaces, this bin requires less waste to maintain the temperature, approx. 2.5 kilos or 5 litres per week. The long stem thermometer you see in this video has been discontinued in favour of a smaller 90mm version. https://www.hotbincomposting.com/compost-bins/hotbin-mini.html Some tips and simple…

Learn how to use recycled paper in compost for that Spring garden. From the Southwest Yard & Garden series. Source

See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Composting is the gardener’s way of recycling old plant material into rich, soil-nourishing compost. Plants love it! Wooden pallets are often free to source and are the perfect size for making a large compost bin. In this short video we demonstrate how to make a simple but effective compost…

Hi, we all want to make compost at home free of cost, but we always have so many doubts like in which container? Which place? what all to put? how many days will it take? there would be smell, insects, and liquid. So, check this video to get all the details. ——————————————– Things that I…

Using a compost calculator, I estimate how much compost I’m adding to the garden, and begin to address the question “am I using too much compost and mulch?” OYR is all about growing a lot of food on a little land using sustainable organic methods, while keeping costs and labor at a minimum. Emphasis is…

In this video we look at how to use three types of compost bins. Composting is an important part of gardening as well as recycling. Find the best compost bin or composting method for your garden will help speed up your composting and reduce waste. We look at how to use some of the best…