Composting has come mainstream and is being done in big scale. There are always questions about what can be composted. We do get conflicting advice regarding those questions. One item I am more concerned is the use of paper in compost. We are told to use newspaper and cardboard in composting. Make sure you shred […]
Just leave the leaves alone! Every fall, it is like a religious ritual. On every garbage pick up day, you see paper bags filled with raked leaves waiting on the curbs. In big box store-bought paper bags, proudly made from recycled paper! Like billboards along the residential streets, giving free advertisment to those big box […]
Do you really need compost bins? Composting has become mainstream. It isn’t limited to landlords anymore. High-rise dwellers are doing composting big time. From compost tumblers to condo-sized fancy designer models, now you can buy compost bins to your heart’s content. But do you really need those premium-priced ones? Well. I have about nine compost […]
When we harvest vegetables, we are simply taking away nutrients from our garden. Yes, plants grow with the help of sunlight and water. And gases like carbon dioxide, oxygen and nitrogen from the air. We don’t run out of them. They are abundant around us. But plants also take minerals from the soil. Unless we […]