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Home gardening tips: How to make the best compost for healthy crops

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-05-16-gardening-tips-make-best-compost-healthy-crops.html

May 16, 2023 -

But if you don't know what you're doing, you'll sometimes end up with smelly, useless sludge instead of compost.

To avoid this, learn some tips and tricks to produce good compost for your home garden. (h/t to SurvivalJack.com)What you can compost

Start by learning which materials can be safely added to your compost pile.

Avoid the following materials because they will attract pests and produce unpleasant odors:

...

Compost made from cocoa pod waste better than inorganic fertilizers at improving soil quality

https://www.naturalnews.com/2018-11-06-compost-from-cocoa-pod-waste-better-than-inorganic-fertilizers.html

November 06, 2018 - compost would affect cocoa seedling growth.

Phosphorus, of course, is a key component in fertilizers, as it helps regulate the plant's protein synthesis. It's also needed in cell division and new tissue growth, and it plays a role in complex energy transformations in the plant. In terms of morphology, phosphorus promotes root growth and speeds up the maturation process in plants.

Based on the results, researchers identified eight species of rot fungi that ...

GROW FOOD OR STARVE: Watch as Kevin Fretz from Patriot Green Products conducts in-studio compost tea and sprouting demonstration with Mike Adams

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-04-10-patriot-green-products-compost-tea-sprouting-demo.html

April 10, 2023 -

In the following episode of the Health Ranger Report, Mike Adams talks with Kevin Fretz of Patriot Green Products about the use of compost tea, which makes a great medium for sprouting and growing healthy greens at home.

Watch below as Fretz explains what the compost tea contains and how the process works. You will also get to see an in-studio demonstration with visual displays to show how easy it is to sprout and grow at home with this powerful medium....

Home gardening tips: How to create potting soil for hanging baskets and containers

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-04-23-gardening-tips-create-potting-soil-hanging-baskets.html

April 23, 2023 - compost, perlite, worm castings and spent coffee grounds.

The ratios of each ingredient are discussed in the next section, along with an exact description of each and how it works to nourish your plants.

You can create the mix in any quantity you need, so you can make enough for only one hanging basket or a lot of baskets. Just make sure you keep the ratio of each ingredient for the recipe the same.

If you are going to mix a lot of potting soil, use ...

Gardening 101: How to use fertilizer properly for healthy plants with better yields

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-04-05-tips-use-fertilizer-properly-healthy-plants-yields.html

April 05, 2023 - compost labeled "Cow Manure and Compost .05-.05.-05" that adds vital nutrients to the soil at the nearest nursery or garden center, it isn't a fertilizer.

Fertilizers can provide nutrients to your plants immediately or as time-release formulations that provide them what they need more slowly for a longer period of time.

On the other hand, compost is an amendment. While compost may provide some micro- or macronutrients, hence the ....

Growing ginger at home: A guide to cultivating fresh ginger

https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-03-19-guide-growing-cultivating-fresh-ginger-at-home.html

11 days ago - compost. Fill a seed tray with compost and place the ginger root on the surface.

Cover the ginger with a few centimeters of compost but make sure some of the root's eyes are still showing. Water gently using a watering can with a nozzle full of small holes.

Place the tray in a warm, dry and sunlit place for several days to allow the shoots to develop.

Cover the lower part of the ginger shoots with more compost. When the shoots ...

9 Ways to feed your chickens for FREE

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-08-09-9-ways-to-feed-chickens-for-free.html

August 09, 2023 - compost – especially if you put one right in your chicken pen.

Compost pile includes yard waste, butchering scraps, fruits and vegetable scraps, kitchen leftovers and anything else you routinely compost that is still technically safe but no longer appetizing, such as bread heels, freezer-burned meats, stale Cheerios and wilted lettuce. It is not recommended that you feed your chickens moldy or spoiled food.

The pile will also attract worms ...

How organic farming practices preserve biodiversity in the natural world while growing healthy abundant food

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-05-29-how-organic-farming-practices-preserve-world-biodiversity.html

May 29, 2023 - compost is also an effective way for farmers to recycle many of the organic materials usually considered "waste," like kitchen scraps, paper, yard clippings, animal manure, leaves and straw.

All of this composted material creates valuable byproducts that feed plants for healthy growth and promote a diversity of microorganisms to flourish in the soil.Organic no-till

The purpose of tilling the soil is to work with needed ingredients like compost, ...

13 Things to add to your to-do list for summer gardening

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-06-29-13-things-to-do-list-summer-gardening.html

June 29, 2023 - compost or spread mulch

Spreading a two-inch thick layer of mulch over the ground shields your soil from the sun, putting less stress on plant roots and also slowing moisture loss due to evaporation. (Related: Benefits to composting for organic sustainability in natural vegetable gardens.)

Anything made from organic matter – a mix of grass clippings and shredded leaves, pine straw and shredded wood – will work. As it decomposes, the mulch will help improve ...

Food freedom: Gardening options for self-sufficient preppers

https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-03-15-food-freedom-gardening-options-self-sufficient-preppers.html

15 days ago - compost or soil to grow smaller plants, such as bush beans, determinate tomatoes, herbs, lettuce and peppers. Straw is inexpensive, easy to work with, and good for your soil. Watering it every day for a few weeks conditions the bale.

The bale generates heat as it breaks down and slowly releases nutrients, helping seeds to germinate and flowers, fruit and vegetables to thrive.Community gardens

A community garden is an outdoor space that is used to grow fruits, ...

Composting news, articles and information:

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a long time ago - Composting news, articles and information:

Washington group proposes composting the dead to use as garden soil

Urban Death Project seeks to compost dead humans to feed the crops: has it really come to this?

Benefits to composting for organic sustainability in natural vegetable gardens

Composting: Give Back to Mother Earth

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RECYCLE: What to do with expired items that are still good

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-09-25-recycle-expired-items-that-are-still-good.html

September 25, 2023 -

Trust your senses of sight and smell. If the color or texture has dramatically changed or if it smells bad or different from how it used to smell, go ahead and throw it in your compost pile.

Here are some useful tips for putting expired foods and items to good use.Mayonnaise

Shine stainless steel. Use your old mayonnaise to buff stainless steel appliances until fingerprints, marks and smudges are gone and the shine is restored.

Squeaky hinges....

Sustainable gardening: What you need to know and do if your land is composed of clay soil

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-04-10-what-to-know-do-land-clay-soil.html

April 10, 2023 - compost (an excellent soil conditioner that will improve drainage), green manure (herbal compost teas), leaf mold (valuable mulch and soil builder), livestock manure (another soil conditioner) and worm castings (high in humus, minerals, nitrogen).Plant a cover crop

Gardening Know How says some of the best cover crops for clay soil are buckwheat, clover and winter wheat. You can also select crops with deep tap roots, like alfalfa and fava beans, to pull nutrients ...

Survival skill: How to predict the weather without any instruments

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-06-27-how-to-predict-weather-without-any-instruments.html

June 27, 2023 - compost smell as plants release their waste. If you start to smell a compost scent, it likely means that a storm is coming.

If you are near a swamp, you will likely smell swamp gases right before a storm. Swamp gas smells like rotten eggs because it comes from decaying vegetation.Check for humidity

High humidity often precedes a storm, so watch for signs of high humidity. Curling leaves, frizzy hair and swollen wood are telltale signs that a storm is ...

Cancer NIGHTMARE unleashed on the world through both SARS-CoV-2 gain-of-function and the mRNA “vaccine” injections, warns Dr. Cottrell

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-04-11-cancer-nightmare-sars-cov-2-mrna-vaccines.html

April 11, 2023 -

It turns out that elements from the spike protein suppress the body's innate anti-cancer immune system mechanisms, effectively raising the "cancer risk curve" for everyone exposed to covid or the vaccine. (This includes those onto whom vaxxed people have been shedding spike protein fragments.)

At the same time, other properties of the virus and the vaccine promote mutagenesis via chromosomal damage, due in part to RNA fragments causing havoc with the body's normal cellular ...

Gardening tips: How to start a concrete block raised bed garden

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-06-26-how-to-start-concrete-block-raised-bed-garden.html

June 26, 2023 - compost.

Mix 1/3 of the aged horse manure, screened loam and compost together in a wheelbarrow. You don't have to be too precise, but you might want to measure the ingredients depending on what you want to grow.

If you are worried about the deer getting into your plants, set up a fence to protect your raised beds and crops.3 Concrete block raised bed construction ideas

Concrete block beds are versatile and you can add features to them to suit ...

Food collapse incoming: Globalist war on nitrogen emissions putting entire global food supply at risk

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-05-14-war-nitrogen-emissions-global-food-supply-risk.html

May 14, 2023 -

The people pushing this so-called "war on nitrogen" claim that excess nitrogen in the environment is hazardous and pollutes the land, the water and the air. They say it even depletes the ozone layer. (Related: Dutch government to seize up to HALF the country's farmland under the guise of curbing nitrogen emissions.)

The United Nations is at the forefront of these claims, suggesting without evidence that nitrogen is not only a contributor to so-called climate change, but ...

Scaremongering climate “experts” spread absurd myth that HOME GARDENING is hazardous for the planet

https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-02-02-experts-spread-myth-home-gardening-hazardous-planet.html

2 months ago - compost and other synthetic inputs. They further advised that fruit was 8.6 times more eco-friendly when grown conventionally compared to in a city, whereas vegetables were 5.8 times better for the environment when left to the professionals. However, they found that some crops have a lower carbon footprint than others and can help green-fingered members of the public make their allotment or garden better for the environment. Tomatoes and asparagus grown domestically have a ...

Sharks are behaving strangely and plastic pollution could be to blame

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-07-10-sharks-behaving-strangely-plastic-pollution-to-blame.html

July 10, 2023 - compostable or biodegradable plastic alternatives and companies involved in the low- or no-waste packaging industry with a focus on refillable bottles, bulk dispensers, deposit return platforms and take-back programs can also help.

According to UNEP, while reusable packaging would have the greatest impact, recycling will still have an important role. Reducing plastic pollution by an additional 20 percent is achievable, but only if recycling becomes a more stable and ...


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