Simple, Organic and Sustainable
Today we are going to talk about using spent coffee grounds in your garden and what benefits are. Programs like Starbucks grounds for your garden provide spent coffee grounds for use in your garden at no cost. These grounds can provide a number of benefits to your garden that help build your soil and feed…
On todays episode we are going to show you how to make a leaf based compost with all free or recycled materials. The use of compost is one of the pillars of my gardening technique. Composted material including mulch helped me achieve a long term goal of requiring no store bough fertilizers in my garden…
On todays episode we are going to take a look at compost teas and compost extractions. Both are used to organically fertilize you’re your garden to keep your plants healthy and producing through the summer. Both can be made simply and for the most part with out great expense. There are all sorts of recipes…
Starting with the best possible soil can save a lot of time effort and pain in the garden. I used regular top soil when I first filled my garden beds and suffered for years pulling weeds and dealing with compaction issues. This week we take the compost pile we started in April and use it…
Compost is the best way to amend your garden bed to improve vegetable yields. It does not have to be complex or costly to do! It can be done even in harsh winters. Compost can be broken into three simple components that often come free in most cities and towns! Residential kitchen scraps. Things like…