http://earth911.com Make Everyday Earth Day Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:41:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://earth911.com/how-to/how-to-start-a-compost-pile/comment-page-1/#comment-60225 Stacy Clark Sun, 12 Jun 2011 23:49:34 +0000 http://earth911.com/?page_id=13526#comment-60225 do you start a compost pile with a soil then add scraps or just add scraps do you start a compost pile with a soil then add scraps or just add scraps

]]> http://earth911.com/how-to/how-to-start-a-compost-pile/comment-page-1/#comment-57696 Matt Canvas Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:11:56 +0000 http://earth911.com/?page_id=13526#comment-57696 I am having terrible problems with my vegetable plot. It seems to dry so much and so quickly that it cracks badly on the surface. This leads to the under soil being very firm. Watering seems to make the cracking greater on drying, so looking to start creating a compost pile of my own to try using on this plot to help soften up the rest. Do you think this is what I should be doing and what the plot needs to help the soil? Feel free to correct me! What a perfect detailed step by step tutorial thank you. I am having terrible problems with my vegetable plot. It seems to dry so much and so quickly that it cracks badly on the surface. This leads to the under soil being very firm. Watering seems to make the cracking greater on drying, so looking to start creating a compost pile of my own to try using on this plot to help soften up the rest. Do you think this is what I should be doing and what the plot needs to help the soil? Feel free to correct me! What a perfect detailed step by step tutorial thank you.

]]> http://earth911.com/how-to/how-to-start-a-compost-pile/comment-page-1/#comment-42822 Martha Fri, 16 Jul 2010 03:21:15 +0000 http://earth911.com/?page_id=13526#comment-42822 I'm very excited about composting, but are there any special tips or things to be made aware of if composting in the desert? Temperatures in Arizona can be a little extreme. I’m very excited about composting, but are there any special tips or things to be made aware of if composting in the desert? Temperatures in Arizona can be a little extreme.

]]> http://earth911.com/how-to/how-to-start-a-compost-pile/comment-page-1/#comment-39685 Dana Wed, 05 May 2010 02:52:07 +0000 http://earth911.com/?page_id=13526#comment-39685 This is a wonderful "Starter Course" for anyone wanting to learn to compost. It has give me insight to what exactly can be added to a compost and what cant. Thanks so much! This is a wonderful “Starter Course” for anyone wanting to learn to compost. It has give me insight to what exactly can be added to a compost and what cant. Thanks so much!

]]> http://earth911.com/how-to/how-to-start-a-compost-pile/comment-page-1/#comment-32558 Jen Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:58:03 +0000 http://earth911.com/?page_id=13526#comment-32558 This is a great primer for anyone interested in starting up with composting. Take note that worms can often be added to traditional compost piles, especially in the cooler months when the compost doesn't "cook" at as high of a temperature. Worms can help your pile continue to be active all through the winter, and then they will migrate elsewhere as the warmer months heat up the pile again. This is a great primer for anyone interested in starting up with composting. Take note that worms can often be added to traditional compost piles, especially in the cooler months when the compost doesn’t “cook” at as high of a temperature. Worms can help your pile continue to be active all through the winter, and then they will migrate elsewhere as the warmer months heat up the pile again.

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