Do not be put off the benefits of compost as a way of garden recycling. You only need a few basic rules to create crumbly, rich hummus at home. One of the most obvious ways of garden recycling is to compost all your garden waste. Or at the very least, compost al the waste which is simple to compost! While you're at it you could also recycle all (or very nearly all) your kitchen waste too. But for those new 'Garden Composters' who have not composted before can get bogged down in all the technicalities of how to make a compost pile. Do you need a commercial compost bin or is a home...

Recycling is now a mainstream activity and hopefully the types and volume of items being recycled will continue to increase even during the current weak economic times. There have been a lot of old, dead cars recycled in the past year because of the value of the metal. It wasn’t uncommon to get $300 to $500 per car. Demand has slackened due to the global recession but it is a good example of the benefits of recycling. Paper, cardboard, glass, cans and metals of all kinds are now recycled. Less and less waste is going to the landfill these days. Families who religiously recycle and compos...

When starting to compost, one must ask, which exactly is better the compost bin or the compost tumbler? Really, it all depends on who you ask and what their current lifestyle is like. For instance, does this person have the time to commit to their compost and garden? More importantly, do you? Whatever your answer will be may well dictate whether you'll go with purchasing a compost bin or tumbler. Let's take a few factors into considerations to help you decide: Compost bins are easy to use and are just as easy to put together with little parts or none at all. Popular compost bins li...

Composting is probably the number one activity any gardener should put in place. The benefits are incredibly huge and the cost is nearly zero, once the initial setup has been done. Composting is actually a way to restitute to your garden a large part of the nutrients and elements you retire when harvesting. This creates a beneficial recycling loop which ensures your soil remains full of life and nutrients. In addition, compost increases the microbiological activity of your soil, ensuring that the remaining nutrients are "unlocked" and available to your plants. In practice, many people are...

More than 60% of the waste made in the average American household can be recycled for composted and there is only 8% of Americans who compost their waste. Compost is an all-in-one conditioner, fertilizer and mulch for soil. It provides the soil with microorganisms that helps plants to stay healthy, improves soil’s condition and helps clay sand drain while sandy soil retain needed water. Composting also lowers your contribution to waste by recycling both kitchen and yard waste. It keeps organic matter available for use in the garden and away from overburdened landfills. There are several ways...

Every autumn, home owners rake up their leaves, place them in bags and put them out on the curb. Every autumn I gas up my mini-van, drive around my neighborhood and steal them. I'm a skilled leaf thief and can usually fill the van two or three times in a weekend. Unlike regular thieves, I don't fence the goods on the black market because the leaves are more valuable to me and to my garden. Leaves are a great ingredient for making compost and gardeners can't get enough of them. A person becomes a leaf thief because you can only produce so much yard waste on your own. You rake up your leave...

If you wish to know how to build a compost heap, you may have become a little overwhelmed. So many instructions can be a little overwhelming. It seems like some people go out of their way to make it as confusing and difficult as possible. It is actually a very simple thing to do if you can get hold of some basic materials. All you will really need is four pallets and some nails and a hammer. That's it! It is a relatively straightforward matter of nailing all of them together. You want to do this so that you have created a square that you can then shuffle in to place. Simple and very ...

Gardens are becoming more popular as the economy continues tracking downward and people look for ways to trim their expenses. Composting is a major component to successfully increasing crop yields and minimizing material that ends up on landfills. If you have never built a compost bin, there are several designs to choose from, but essentially this article will focus on the basic concepts and designs that can be serve as a fundamental approach for the basic gardener.Compost bins are essentially a place to recycle plant vegetation to create a robust material rich in nutrients like nitrogen that ...

Organic gardeners all know compost is fantastic stuff. But now, there's something even better and that's compost tea. If you start with a good compost you'll have a versatile elixir for all your garden needs. Compost tea helps prevent foliage diseases and at the same time increase the nutrients to the plant and shutdown the toxins hurting the plants. It will improve the taste/flavor of your vegetables. So why not give this tea a try either by buying it or brewing it yourself. You won't believe the results! Four ways that good bacteria work: Help compete for the nutrients Dine...

Composting your kitchen and garden waste is a great way to reduce the amount of waste you dispose of in your rubbish bin. By composting your waste you can generate a free source of rich compost to help improve your garden, and also help to reduce global warming in the process. How does home composting help to reduce global warming? When sent to landfill organic waste is compressed under tonnes and tonnes of other waste types. The organic waste therefore does not have enough access to air, which restricts the waste from being able to decompose properly. Instead of decomposing, meth...