Compost & Soil

Building a compost pile is one of the easiest and most important gardening projects that everyone should undertake. Compost provides excellent nutrition for plants, builds the soil, feeds beneficial microbes, and keeps valuable resources out of landfills. Given time and exposure to elements, organic material will break down on its own.…

They recycle nutrients Worms are hungry little creatures. They have the capacity to eat their own body weight in food every day! Amongst other things, their diet consists of: dead plants, fallen leaves, fungi, bacteria and even dead animals. When they eat, worms break down and recycle this organic matter…

For the everyday person and backyard gardener, composting is important because it reduces the amount of organic waste sent to landfills, but more importantly when it is used in the garden, it enriches soil, improves plant growth, and promotes a healthier environment by recycling nutrients back into the ecosystem. For…