Category: Composting

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Compost is finished when it is brown and crumbly, and smells earthy like soil. For more information, go to swrc.ca/compost *** Thanks to the City of North Battleford, the City of Regina, and the City of Saskatoon for their support in making this video. Source

Make Automatic Fertilizer for Vegetable At Home Plants prepare their food by the process of photosynthesis. In this process, plants use sunlight, carbon dioxide & water. Therefore, photosynthesis covers 95% of the plant’s food requirement. Plants require oxygen for respiration, just like we do. However, to stay healthy plants need basic nutrients, supplementary nutrients &…

Berkeley 18 day compost #shorts #garden #gardening #compost #cc The Berkeley Hot Composting Method The hot composting method, known as the Berkeley method, developed by the University of California, Berkeley, is a fast, efficient, high-temperature, composting technique which will produce high quality compost in only 18 days. The requirements for hot composting using the Berkeley…

Making your own compost is a natural way to fertilise your garden, save money and do your bit for the environment. You won’t have to buy fertiliser and you can recycle kitchen scraps, garden waste and any leftover cardboard. This video from Bunnings Warehouse will show you how to set up a compost bin, the…

What has changed since Marketplace investigated plastic packaging at supermarkets a year ago? We visit Loblaws, Sobeys, Walmart and Costco to provide an update. Then we get to the bottom of those “compostable” claims on plastic packaging. Should you put them in the green bin, or will they end up in landfill anyway? To read…

Compared to when soil is dug and cultivated, resulting in a loss of carbon to CO2, no dig is economical with inputs of organic matter. I show how using cardboard (just once) and a 2in/5cm mulch of compost on top is enough to kill most weeds and provide clean soil for planting. The thumbnail shows…

This video is about hot composting and how I use this method to make compost for my garden and allotment. It includes my recipe for making home compost, and at the end of the video, five tips to make hot composting work. The biggest advantage of hot composting is how quickly it makes compost compared…

Composting transforms kitchen scraps into a prized soil amendment that appeals to helpful insects and microbes, and upgrades a garden’s overall structure and health. Composting also keeps waste out of the landfill, which cuts down on methane emissions. As much as 50% of residential garbage in Washington state could have been composted. There are loads…

This presentation video provides information about composting including how it can be made in a backyard compost bin or pile. The presentation covers materials to include in the mix and how to manage other factors related to composting. The Wisconsin Master Composter program provides training across Wisconsin to teach people how they can begin to…