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Why Use Or Make Compost Tea? (article)

We all know that compost is a wonderful material especially those that practice organic gardening. What could be better than compost? Well how about compost tea. When you begin with good quality compost you will end up with a complete solution of nutrients and bacteria for all your gardening feeds. Compost tea helps: keep diseases off the plant with the many bacteria that it has. Provide an abundance of food needed for good growth. Destroy any toxins that hurt the plant. Improve the flavor and taste of vegetables. Produce more vibrant flowers. So why not give this tea a try either by buying it or brewing it yourself. You can now in many good nurseries buy this tea or start brewing the tea yourself. The results will amaze you, so…

How many composting hair salons are there?

As I was getting my usual lame haircut today, I started daydreaming a bit. I always like to take a nap while I'm in the chair...and I couldn't stop thinking about why this hair salon isn't composting. I mean really, what waste do they generate? Paper receipts, and a lot of hair. I decided to do a quick search and see how many hair salons came up that mentioned composting...only a few. If you live in the Santa Cruz area, check out Oasis Salon, the first green certified salon: http://www.oasishairandskin.com/ They have a great video that talks about what it takes to green your salon, and shows how much money you can save while reducing your waste to near zero. Any hair stylists out there? Go for it! Need any…

The Spin Bin compost tumbler… kinda nice, but not for me.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7UjR4Z1YbY Uh oh, here comes the Spin Bin! It looks like this was built in direct response to the old Tumbleweed compost tumbler model and all of its complaints on YouTube...even the sound quality of the video. Basically, they took the old model and added a bunch of ventilation slots all over it. I think this was a good addition, as the holes in the other one were rather sparse and tiny. On top of that, they added specific holes for placing your compost thermometer inside...awesome! They also mention that the interior of the tumbler is now ribbed, for your composting pleasure. I guess this helps move the material around inside a bit better? I have no idea. Seems like this would be the case. In case you forgot how…