Compost is one of nature’s best mulches and soil amendments, and you can use it instead of commercial fertilizers. Best of all, compost is cheap. You can make it without spending a cent. Using compost improves soil structure, texture, and aeration and increases the soil’s water-holding capacity. Compost loosens clay soils and helps sandy soils retain water. Adding compost improves soil fertility and stimulates healthy root development in plants. The organic matter provided in compost provides food for microorganisms, which keeps the soil in a healthy, balanced condition. Nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus will be produced naturally by the feeding of microorganisms, so few if any soil amendments will need to be added. (LINK)
View this video by kitchengardeners to learn how to compost in your backyard.
May 14, 2008 at 3:08 pm
We are avid gardeners but have had a lot of water problems in East Texas. We had been playing around with this idea for about 10 years and finally enough people wanted good water, cheaply and easily too. So we put the plans and DVD together and sell them for the do-it-yourselfer and sell a complete kit for those that want to, but don’t want to build it from scratch. It is really easy and light– women and kids can do it. And it is all eco friendly.
May 14, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Part 2 of what we have developed is self contained all automatic container growing. We do 2 types of hydroponic and 1 container with grwoing medium. The beauty of these systems, it is all reusable, self contained and you don;t waste the small amount of compost you have in a large garden.