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By spreading it on the ground, you can rake the leaves onto the tarp, then grab the corners and easily haul the leaves away. Still, the task is worthwhile when you consider that leaves can be used as mulch or added to your compost bin, turning them into...

(2) Assemble basic equipment, a cabbage shredder and stoneware crock. Remove any bruised outer leaves, wash, quarter, and remove cores. To vary the weight, use heavier or lighter stones or fill or empty the jar as needed.Allow cabbage to ferment at room...

You can purchase mulch by the bag or by the truckload, or you can save money by recycling materials that might otherwise end up in a landfill.Fall is a great time for mulching with fallen leaves! Your own trees may provide all you need, or you can pick...

Crushedor coarse sand can also be sprinkled around plants that attract this type of pest.is another option for insects and moths. For extremely poor soil, use of an organic fertilizer the first year may help build the nutrient value of the soil until...

When all chance of frost has passed in your area,To help keep moisture in the soil, mulch around the small plants with hay or straw. You will be rewarded with healthy flowers and wonderful herbs and vegetables that you will be confident to serve to your...

Vermicomposting is an easy way to turn kitchen scraps into rich compost for your garden or containers. Worms can't eat cellulose, so tough skins, such as pineapple and cantaloupe (they LOVE cantaloupe flesh) won't be thoroughly broken down.

The leaves will start to break down in the bag.for leaves from a large circle of garden fence. A compost pile is not necessarily highly attractive to vermin.pick up some material with a garden fork and flip it over.

Each plays a distinctly separate, yet equally crucial role in the soil-building natural process. Their bodies lack a waxy covering on their exoskeleton, which other insects and spiders have.

I can't begin to tell you the number of times I've heard gardeners make statements like "I don't need fertilizer because I use manure," or "add lime to your garden each spring it will 'sweeten' the soil."Statements like those are falsehoods and can actually...

Put a tarp or other cover over the bin and let fungi do their thing. To enrich your soil and insulate many of your plants from winter's cold. They decompose over the winter and when it's time to plant in the spring they have turned in fertile organic...

The resulting juice is now poured in very large containers in order to be heated, first at 74°C ( 165°F) then lime is added and it is heated this time at 105°C ( 221°F). Growers who are too far from the factory will deliver to other scales scattered...

Tradd's chicken run is never muddy, dusty or smelly. Perhaps most of us think of egg laying as their job. Because they're not as dense, though, they won't last as long as wood chips, so you'll spread them more frequently to keep the ground from getting...

The value of mulching is one of the most important things I've ever learned as a gardener. If you're unable to do this, do be aware that fresh grass clippings may root into the soil and contain grass seeds.

Walk This Way Walk behinds used to be made in America. (For instance, the hay-baler is nearly $10,000.) Used machines can be difficult to come by, as these machines can often last a lifetime with proper maintenance and care.

In the mid-1950s, when many farmers made the switch, the idea of a hobby farm would have been considered outlandish. Livestock Care & Feeding The good visibility, large tires and precise control allow you to position your load of hay or grain with precision...

Soil life digests and respires only about half of the carbon in organic matter, leaving the rest as dark-colored, decay-resistant carbon compounds known as humus. Excerpted from The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health (W.W. Norton...