BACKYARD COMPOSTING
Home Composting—Basic information
on composting. Reasons to compost, compost basics,
troubleshooting.
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How to Use Your New Earth
Machine—Simple
directions for using an Earth Machine (the bin
sold by Green Waste Recovery). Includes information
on turning the material and removing compost.
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Compost Troubleshooting—Solutions
to common problems, such as flies, ants, four-legged
creatures, odors, dry compost, worm die-off and
more.
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WORM COMPOSTING
Worm Composting—Everything
you need to know to get started composting with
worms.
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More Options for Composting
with Worms—Add worms to a plastic
backyard compost bin.
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Attracting Worms to Your Garden—Use compost and organic materials to attract worms to your garden.
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Getting Started with the Can-O-Worms—Simplified
directions for using a Can-O-Worms.
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How to Use Your Worm
Factory—Simplified
directions for using a Worm Factory.
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HOW TO USE COMPOST
Composter’s Resource Guide—Santa
Cruz County Guide to finding compost bins, redworms,
raw materials to compost and finished compost for
your garden.
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Grasscycle! Make the Most of Your
Lawn. Make the Most of Your Time.
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Mulches
for Your Garden—How
to use grass, leaves and other materials as a mulch
to conserve water and control weeds.
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Soil Amendments for Agriculture
and Landscaping—A list of compost
sources from the central California coastal region.
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Compost: Benefits and Uses—Benefits of compost, how to use it, and where to buy it.
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BUYING AND MAKING BACKYARD
BINS AND WORM BINS
Everything You Need to Know About Compost Bins—Lists
a variety of backyard and worm compost bins, sources
and prices.
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Homemade Worm Bins—How
to modify a plastic storage container for use as
a worm bin. How to make a wooden worm bin.
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Wood and Wire Three Compartment
Bin—How to make a three compartment
compost bin.
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Rotating Barrel Composter—Directions
for making a barrel composter from a 45 gallon
drum.
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Homemade Food Scrap Composter—Modify
a garbage can with a tight-fitting lid for use
as an animal-resistant bin for composting food
scraps.
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Burying Food Scraps—How
to bury food waste in empty spots in vegetable
and flower gardens, where it will decompose and
nourish your plants.
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Compost Screen—Directions
for making a compost screen to sift your compost.
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