The BBC is writing a series of multimedia articles called Follow the Food. The series investigates the challenges farmers face to deliver food to our tables such as climate change, growing populations … [Read More...]
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Mike McGrath Explains Why You Should Be Leaf Composting
We've written about it many times that composting your leaves each fall will do more for your garden than any store bought fertilizer ever will. Mike McGrath, hosts a weekly radio program on WHYY in Philidelphia called "You Bet Your Garden." In this Ted Talk, Mike explains why you should be compost your fall leaves and not put them out for the trash collection. … Read Full Article
10 Interesting Facts About Red Wigglers
Though Red Wigglers are a species of earthworm, they are rarely found in soil. Red Wigglers are photosensitive, therefore, they only work in the dark. Red Wigglers will excrete a foul smelling liquid when handled roughly. Red Wigglers when happy and healthy can eat about half of their weight in food each day. Red Wigglers have gizzards that need grit to help grind up their food. Soil, shredded leaves, coffee grinds are examples of things that support the Red Wigglers digestive process. Red … Read Full Article
Shredding Leaves
As I mentioned in a previous post, I use a leaf blower/vacuum to collect the leaves in my yard and then add the shredded leaves from the bag to my compost bins. This works out nicely as the vacuum does break down the leaves to smaller pieces that will compost faster than the whole leaf. But I watched my neighbor use her chipper/shredder on the leaves and I was a bit envious since the leaves were shredded to almost dirt particles. The chipper/shredded makes twice as much noise as my leaf vacuum … Read Full Article
