Compost Blog

The Compost Blog is our mini-journal about composting. It...

lets you know whenever any new Web pages appear on Compost Junkie, telling you about new composting information and advice.

keeps you up-to-date with other postings or news about composting (like the latest compost tea tips!)

highlights some of our exciting adventures to compost suppliers that you might otherwise miss.

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Bokashi Composter Reviews and 'How to' Videos

Our videos show you how a bokashi composter works and why it's a great addition to your composting arsenal.

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Top 10 Composting Techniques

Some composting methods just don't work. If you're looking for the composting techniques that do, here are the best ones...

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Making Compost on My 500 Acre Tree Farm

I own a 500 acre tree farm. We grow pine trees. We have a lot of deer and turkey, so I have left about 20 acres of the land to plant for these animals.

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Making Compost Tea with Vegetable Scraps

I am going to school for horticulture. Last semester I made compost tea for my experiment in Greenhouse Crops. We used fresh vegetable remains and only

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How Long does Compost Tea Last After Brewing?

My plants are at different stages of growth and my watering times vary quite a bit. After brewing my compost tea for 48 hours, how long will it last? What

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Seeing the Microbes in My Compost Tea

I love the idea of compost tea and have been composting for a couple of years now. I just started a worm farm to get worm compost to make tea. I have brewed

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Where can I Find this Compost Amendment?

Does anyone know of a good source for rock phosphate in bulk in Ontario?

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Learn to Make Compost Tea and Build a Sustainable Business

Peter, from Compostwerks.com, teaches us how to make compost tea into a thriving sustainable business.

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Free Worm Composting Bins Produce High-Quality Compost

If you're looking for worm composting bins that are free of cost, easy to maintain, and produce high quality compost, here they are...

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Am I Making Compost Tea?

From my chipper I put this mulch into a bath tub which is elevated above a 5 gal. bucket. Water is poured over the mulch and collected in the bucket under

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Composting Wood Chips

I have a small wood chipper and would like to add the chips to my compost pile but they don't break down fast enough, what can I do to use these chips

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Composting Wood Ashes - Free Fertilizer or Toxic Waste?

Find out whether composting wood ashes provides you with a beneficial garden amendment or a toxic fertilizer.

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Compost Pictures for Kids

I am a master gardener trainee. We are putting together a presentation to teach children about composting. Where can I buy some good pictures for a

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Using Forest Soil to Inoculate Compost

I like to add a couple of buckets of forest soil prior to making my hot compost. I use a hot composting technique and my pile is usually about two cubic

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Is it Possible to Keep Compost Tea for 6-12 Months?

How can I store compost tea for a long time without damage? (6-12 month) Our Answer Monier, Please refer to the following post... How Long Does Compost

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Where Can I Find a Good Quality Electric Compost Shredder that is Cost Effective?

I have tried three different electric shredders that I run off my solar system, and all have failed within a year or two. The Rover from Australia was

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Apartment Composting Struggles and Solutions

Has composting in your condo or apartment got you down? If so, here are some of the best apartment composting solutions...

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Mites in My Worm Bin

I found gold coloured mites in my worm bin. I only feed the worms mulched up veggie waste and shredded paper and cardboard but these little critters are

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Building a Homemade Compost Tea Brewer

I am going to build my own 20L/5-gallon version of a compost tea brewer. I'd like to replace my 44-gallon sealed plastic barrel setup, which I realize

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Interview 02 | Compost Business Basics

John from Transform Compost Systems describes what it takes to start a compost business.

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Will This Technique Enrich My Garden Soil?

I tilled up the soil in my garden for the winter, then covered it with all of my leaves, old grass clippings, and 100 lbs of finely shredded paper. I then

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Why Not Compost Directly on my Garden Soil?

Is it a good idea to take the best ingredient with the right C/N ratio, but instead of using it to make a compost pile, I use it as a mulch? I would also

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Indoor Composting in an Apartment

I recently moved to an apartment block in a city with no outdoor land/space. There's no communal process for composting, just for recycling. Are there

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I Want More Information About Starting a Composting Business!

I have sooo many questions about starting a compost business! Your article is very helpful but I still feel like I don't know enough to get started! We

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