Heart of the Garden

Category: Compost

  • How to Start a Worm Bin

    Worm bins are a great way to compost your kitchen scraps. As a “green” component of the green/brown compost ratio, your kitchen might produce too much “green” waste to upset the ratio in your outdoor compost bin. Since most people I know don’t have huge basements for a giant worm…

  • Coffee Grounds in the Garden?

    Never add raw, un-composted used coffee grounds to your soil. Coffee grounds are so acidic, even acid-loving blueberries and azaleas wouldn’t appreciate sitting in a pile of your Maxwell House. If you add them to your compost, they should take up no more than 10% by volume. The same goes…

  • Compost’s Best Friend – Shredded Fall Leaves

    I got an incredible leaf shredder for Christmas and I CAN’T WAIT to get it going. We have a giant gas-powered chipper but that was too cantankerous to set up just to shred leaves which I would like to do as often as possible for mulch and adding to compost.…

  • A Truck Full of Compost

    We built a raised bed and finally had the opportunity to start fresh with well-fed soil. I called a local CSA, Volmecke Orchards, to see if they sold compost and voila. They were more than happy to make some dough from their composted Fall leaves. We drove our old truck…