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Article
Build a Compost Pile to Suit Your Style
There's a composting method to suit everyone's lifestyle.
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Kitchen Gardening
DIY Compost Sifter Screen, Wheelbarrow Style
This screen will give you finely-sifted compost, and save your back.
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Kitchen Gardening
The Difference Between Hot, Cold, and Warm Compost Piles
No matter how much time you have (or the length of your attention span), there's a composting style for everybody. How to do hot, cold, and warm composting.
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How-To
Planting Roses where roses used to be. Do you have to remove all the old soil??
The common wisdom is you need to remove all the old soil if you are planting new roses in a bed that recently contained roses. Is this still true? Is…
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Kitchen Gardening
Build an Outdoor Bokashi- and Worm-Composting Bin
This "casket-style" container produces compost below ground, and is a great container for outdoor worm composting.
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Article
A Garden That Plants Itself
The Garden in a Nutshell USDA Hardiness Zone: 5 Light: Full sun Soil: Clay loam amended each year with compost and manure Maintenance level: Medium Biggest challenge: Staying on top…
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Kitchen Gardening
The Victory Garden Composter – Part 2
With the new compost bin in place, it was time to harvest my "black gold".
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Kitchen Gardening
All About Compost
Composting turns kitchen and yard scraps into a marvelous soil amendment, and you don't have to do much to accomplish this stunning transformation. Follow the links to learn all about…
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Kitchen Gardening
The Victory Garden Composter
A compost bin is simply essential in your garden. This two-bin design is simple, efficient, and won't break your budget to make.
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Article
Build a Garden Out of Straw
I spotted my first straw-bale vegetable bed at a garden show in Seattle, and I knew immediately that I would copy the idea when I got home. If the exhibitor…