City Compost shelf life
How long is the community distributed bagged 13kg compost good for,if I’m storing it in an unheated garage?…
Search Results for: compost
Composted Manure
Hello! I attended Through the Garden Gate in Wychwood last weekend. I met a lovely master gardener at one of the houses who advised me that commercial composted manure these days is of poor quality – that it is often…
Compost Tea
Is compost tea useful? I don’t have space to make my own compost, but can get a bit of compost from a friend to make tea. Worth it? Recommended recipe and application? I see multiple variations on the web. Want…
Compostable containers
Good morning. I was wondering if you know of any local places/nurseries that sell annuals or perennials in compostable containers. Thanks…
Automatic composters
There’s a food cycler which Consumer Reports review with little support. Do you know of an indoor food composter which might be current, and has good reviews, since the Vitamix one seems more trouble than it’s worth. Facing major surgery…
Dried compost use from food processors
I noticed that Vitamix just designed a composter for the kitchen. Would that product output help as a winter replacement for salt, near garden beds, or is it too dense, or does it depend on the products we discard? I…
How does one determine the ratio of browns to greens in compost?
How does one determine the ratio of browns to greens in compost? A bag of leaves is light and air-filled, whereas a green scrap container is dense. Does one compact the leaves to create the same density? And how so?…
Compost Placement and Drip Line Determination For European Beech Tree in West End Toronto
Several weeks after picking up some city compost, the tree I was going to amend seems to have a smaller drip line radius. Is it fine to add the compost, although it will probably be clumpy from sitting in bags…
use of well-composted bones in soil
I have several bushel baskets of well-composted bones -mostly chicken. The meat and marrow are long gone. When screening my finished compost, I get well-composted bones. Can anyone use these to build up the nutrients in their soil? I don’t…
Compost Placement and Drip Line Determination For European Beech Tree in West End Toronto
In this link, the City of Toronto recommends using the drip line for composting/mulching, but I don’t understand how close to the actual West End Toronto tree trunk I should be, since it suggests going to the edge of the…