Tag: compost
How to optimize your compost pile
Learn to perfect the recipe for your compost before you get started to maximize nutrients and optimize the rate at which organic material is broken down.
Practicing resurrection: Clevelanders turn food waste into soil
Rust Belt Riders started with two people on bikes, picking up food waste to compost for community gardens and small farms, in 2014. The company now composts at a nearly 2-acre site in Independence, Ohio, collecting about 125 tons of food scraps per month and making its own soil blends to sell under its subsidiary, Tilth.
Resolve to reduce your waste in 2020
Consider a resolution to reduce your waste — reuse, repurpose and completely wear things out before discarding them as waste.
How to start a simple compost bin
Composting is the easiest way to do your part to help save your world. Try these basics to start composting on your own.
Benefits of composting manure
If you haven't considered composting manure in the past this process may be easier than you think and could benefit your farm in more ways than one.
How to compost with leaves
Pound for pound, the leaves of most trees contain twice as many minerals as manure. Learn to build a compost pile with the ones you rake up this fall.
Make use of food waste by composting
Compost enriches the soil by helping it retain moisture and also reduces the need for chemical fertilizers while also suppressing plant diseases and pests.
Building a compost empire
Bull Country Compost started out as a concrete slab in the early '90s and has become a successful 3 acre composting operation in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
Use coffee grounds in the garden
Coffee grounds offer several benefits for your garden’s soil and are also useful for compost and mulch.
Trench composting: Feed the soil with farm waste
Farmers with an abundance of manure, animal bedding and plant material to dispose of can use trench composting to create a high-volume of rich organic matter for fields and gardens.
