Tony Allcock had a vision: a cow ‘moo-tel’ on his Waikato dairy farm. His idea was virtually unique in New Zealand: a self-composting barn that …
Master Gardeners Mark 16 Years of Demonstration Garden
Master Gardeners’ initial involvement in the garden was to hold fruit tree and rose pruning, and composting demonstrations open to the community.
Fertilize with animal manure for healthy spring vegetable gardens
If manures are not available, acceptable manure like organic fertilizer may be made through the process of composting. Simply put, compost is made …
Some organic-based material you can add to help your soil
Compost is first on the list of soil amendments, for good reason. Compost adds beneficial fungi and bacteria. Compost adds protein needed by micro- …
Green gardening: how to make sustainable choices
Go peat-free and pay more for alternatives such as composted wool, bracken or bulrushes. And there’s something else: moss. So regularly overlooked …
Evolve Festival is back, bigger and brighter than ever
It’s a community, rather than a young person’s festival.” With a wash station and composting options, the event was working its way towards zero waste …
Eco-tip: Environmental education from a credible messenger
At a time when food waste reduction and composting have become a focus of local city and county governments’ efforts to meet the mandates of …
Master Gardeners, ICC partner for free gardening series
4: “Composting Simplified and Demystified” led by Dale Smith. Learn how to make compost the simple way, what you need to do it, how to …
UAE: How you can grow your garden for free
Not just that, he also conducts free gardening and composting workshops, in the hope that more people will grow plants and make it a way of life in the …
Expansion to Moose Creek landfill seeking public input at Jan. 30 meeting
… that doing so will provide the company with ways to keep servicing local customers with waste diversion and green bin organic composting services.