Compost

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Organic Mechanic Compost Tea

Patti Moreno, the Garden Girl, and Mark Highland, the Organic Mechanic, hang out, talk about soil and whip up a batch of compost tea.

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Composting: Turning Gloom and Doom into Productive Opportunities

So, being the good granola boy that I am, I was sniffing around the Off-Grid.net for the latest and greatest in grid free goodness (yeah okay, so you can have a fetish for solar panels, kill me). And being a big fan of Wretha, I read her recent post on gloom and doom. Snip snip…

San Francisco, CA

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San Francisco, Newsom Usher In Organic Composting Laws

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom today signed the nation's first mandatory composting policy into law. The ambitious rule will help the city achieve what are arguably the most aggressive organics waste targets in the U.S.

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Virginia Gardiner's Loo Made of Poo

Designer and writer Virginia Gardiner introduces us to her composting toilet, which is itself made of sculpted poop...

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How to make organic fertilizer from kitchen refuse

Using everyday organic kitchen refuse I'll go over a couple of ways you can distribute the left-over matter in to the garden. Essentially re-using waste from the kitchen to make food.

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Can't Afford Camp? Start a Worm Farm With Your Kids

When I was little, my mother used to count down the days until summer like it was her job.