Composting Wood Chips And Shavings
Composting wood chips and shavings is a little trickier than composting softer materials, but it can be done. If you have a surplus of woody material from animal bedding, pruning trees and shrubs in your yard, or…
Why Is My Compost Pile Not Breaking Down
Your compost pile is just sitting there. Doing nothing. A big heap of all the things you added to it, looking exactly the same as they did the day you dumped them on the pile. You on…
How To Rescue Wilting Pothos
Pothos is often described as being ‘beginner-friendly’, ‘immune to neglect’, and even ‘impossible to kill’. So wilting pothos, when it happens, can feel like a rather damning result of our care. Was life on our windowsill really…
Plants That Might Make Your Dog Sick
Most dogs love playing in the yard. But it’s not always a benign environment for them. The plants we choose because they’re pretty or productive can trigger allergies, cause skin irritation, or even poison our dogs. If…
Where To Locate A Compost Pile
Deciding where to locate a compost pile is an important business. It’s not the prettiest garden feature so I’m always tempted to put my compost pile in an unloved, unused, out-of-sight part of the yard! But I…
Compost Starters And Accelerators – Do You Need Them?
Compost starters and accelerators, alongside activators, rejuvenators, and other similarly-named products are sold with the promise of being able to bring a dormant compost heap back to life. They’re liquids or powders, designed to be incorporated into…
Hot Vs Cold Composting
The world of composting has a language all of its own. Green vs brown materials, aerobic vs anaerobic digestion, activators vs accelerants. And of course, hot vs cold composting. In this article, we’re going to look at…
Composting During The Coldest Months Of The Year
Composting during the coldest months of the year is a much slower process than composting in summer. It may even grind to halt altogether, if winter conditions in your region are cold enough. Let’s take a look…
What To Do With Your Homemade Compost
So your compost pile is a success! All that household waste, mown grass, crumpled paper and shredded cardboard that you carefully mixed together last year has miraculously turned itself into a wonderful, peaty soil-like mixture. You’re finally…
Shrubs & Climbers That Bring A Little Joy To Long Winter Days
If you live in a region with cold winters, then it can feel like a long wait before your garden wakes up in spring. One way to add some color to those grey winter days is to…