Question from Jan: Back with a question about composting. I’m so amazed that my first garden ever worked out well (and I DID cover it with it’s own house)…will have to send photos. Now I’m ready to take the remaining stalks, branches and leaves and turn them into compost. I’m searching everywhere for a shredder […]
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Composting – Page 2
Shredder/grinder for Green Waste for Composter
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Sunday,
February
8th,
2015
at 03:49 AM
2 Comments
Categories : Composting
Question from Mara: When I try to turn the dirt over in my compost pile, the pitch fork just gets stuck, and I can’t turn the soil. It seems like there are small roots keeping the dirt from being loose. I have to pull really hard to get it up. I started the pile last […]
Categories : Composting
Aspergillosis or Fungus Diseases of the Lung Caused by Earth-born Pathogens in Soil and Compost
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Saturday,
January
3rd,
2015
at 03:49 AM
Question from Robin: I am an old friend of Nancy Schibanoff and Sharrie Woods. Have known them both close over 25 years…as our sons grew up together. Sharrie told me about a lecture you gave within the last several months about being careful not to inhale fungus in the garden. As it turns out I was […]
Categories : Composting, Soils
Question from Frank: I would like to introduce a 2000 year old organic soil conditioner called Biochar into the gardening consciousness. When people read about, study its properties just a little bit they are intrigued. They see it possibilities immediately. There is a wealth of biochar studies, mostly outside the US. The possibilities for carbon […]
When to Spread Compost Under Fruit Trees
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Saturday,
September
27th,
2014
at 03:49 AM
Question from Mark: I have many young fruit trees , many types of citrus (orange, blood orange, lemon, lime) AND pomegranit, Avacado, fig, apple and stone fruits (nectarine and peach are both fruiting)… I received some very high quality compost yesterday as gift – , is it okay to put on the trees that are […]
Categories : Composting, Trees
Spent Brewery Grains as Compost or Soil Amendment
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Thursday,
August
14th,
2014
at 03:49 AM
Question from Ica: My friend is a brewmaker and has tons of the filtered barley grains they use to make beer. Would this be a good soil admendment? Also should it be composted or can it be added directly to the garden? Answer from Pat: Spent brewery grains are an excellent additive to the compost […]
Question from Sharon: I’m here on the central coast of CA and we have citrus trees, pomegranate, and fig in our yard. No official compost pile yet, but what about grinding up citrus rinds and fava bean pods, etc. with the lawn mower, and burying the mash around the drip lines of the trees? Will […]
Categories : Composting
Question from Jokhanah: I am caring for a parking strip planted with grasses, Russian Sage, Lavender and the like. It is near the beach and needs a mulch to keep down the weeds — bark doesn’t seem right — too “forresty”. Saw dust?? maybe with a little compost? What do you suggest? Answer from Pat: I […]
Categories : Composting
Question: I have a compost pile and nothing I do heats it up. What could be the matter with it? Answer From Pat: If you have already read and are following the instructions on compost in my book (pages 97 to 99 and other references in index. Also the chapter in my memoir “All My […]
Categories : Composting, Organic Gardening
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