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An urban compost tumbler can be a great way to make compost for the urban gardener, particularly in areas where local regulations prohibit open compost piles. They are clean, unobtrusive, and sealed so they are relatively pest-resistant (with the exception of insects), and odor-free. However, is a compost tumbler more efficient at producing compost than [...]

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Tired of dealing with a messy composting bin, pile or wormery that seems to take forever? Compost tumblers solve two of the most annoying problems gardeners have when creating garden compost: the inconvenience and inefficiency of aerating a pile, and the large amount of time it takes to get usable compost. It takes so long [...]

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Last week I posted a list of twenty types of things you could compost. This week we’ll look at the other side of the coin, since there are also some things you should never compost (or put in a wormery). Here’s a list of eight of them, along with the reason why they’re not good [...]

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Twenty Things You Can Compost

by Joe Barrios on April 6, 2009

in Composting

Have you thought about creating a compost pile? Compost is made of decomposed organic matter that serves as an excellent source of nutrition to your plants and flowers, and is made from scraps of stuff you discard around the house. Not only is composting good for your garden, it’s also great for the environment–you are [...]

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