Compost: How To Make And Use It

Compost is the lifeblood of our garden soil and if these posts don’t convince you of that… Well, I’ll have to add more. 🙂

• How To Make Your Own Grow Bags of Compost
  Yes, you can use old pantyhose or garbage bags to make your own grow bags. Here’s how. OK, so it’s silly season in the greenhouse research area. Use Old Pantyhose Some researchers have taken old nylons (looks to be about that size anyway) filled them with compost to make their own grow bags and started growing in them. Their ...
• Why I Don’t Recommend Mushroom Compost
  Mushroom compost is, in my opinion, one of the most over-hyped gardening products on garden shop shelves Let’s examine the data. How Are Mushrooms Grown They’re grown on compost made specifically for this purpose.This compost is made by mushroom producers from material such as hay, straw, corn cobs poultry and horse manure Or any combination of organic material that is 1) inexpensive and ...