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Why Compost Is Essential to Container Gardens (article)

Recently I was trying to learn more about how to turn my balcony into a healthy, useful garden...and that's when I found balconycontainergardening.com . Since I'm a complete newbie when it comes to gardening, I ended up spending hours reading articles on the site, which prompted me to write a letter of kudos to the owner, Cassandra Radcliff. I also asked her if she'd like to host some articles for my readers. :) I was extremely pleased when she wrote back with a yes, and now she will be periodically contributing guest articles. I often receive questions from readers pertaining to gardening, so now I hope to address some of those questions while at the same time learning from her in the process. Below is her first contribution to the…

Is Composting Endorsed Where You Live?

Today I stumbled upon the Wormcycler Municipal Program, which ties your municipality into a worm composting program by subsidizing part of the costs to get started while promoting the benefits of vermicomposting. I wonder how effective their program has been, and if anyone in my home city of Philadelphia has actually done this. If you haven't noticed, I happen to like composting and want everyone to do it. While I keep asking and pushing for curbside compost pickup in Philadelphia (which I'm told won't happen), people can do it themselves at home, which is probably the better option anyway. Or start a community collection point for compost...Philadelphia just opened one in my neighborhood (video/article to come shortly!). It frustrates me to no end that composting isn't expanding more rapidly, especially…

The Advanced Vermicomposting Facility VERMIC3.2 HD

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMghYozrkCQ In Austria, it looks like vermicomposting is picking up momentum! It's strange to me though, because they use earthworms instead of red wigglers. The thermophilic compost is created from alfalfa, manure and straw before being fed to the earthworms to turn into a super fine casting. Alfred Grand appears to be a pretty stoic dude, doesn't he?