Next Year’s Garden Prep Starts Now
With winter roaring in, planning for the next growing season should begin now. In the Kins garden, this includes clearing the irrigation lines and removing vegetation. But your fall garden work shouldn’t end there. Placing the old plants into compost bins and adding older and ready compost to the garden will leave your next growing season off to a great start. These measures not only prevent rot, mold and disease, but adding the new compost now will ensure your soil is good and ready come…
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October 26, 2021 @ 7:41 pm
We just started composting this past summer, but it doesn’t seem to be breaking down. Are we doing something wrong?
October 26, 2021 @ 7:45 pm
Were you turning it over from time to time? Another mistake people make is not including enough “brown” in their compost piles. This means you need to include things like sticks, sawdust, leaves, dead plants and coffee. My guess is you were including mostly greens (food scraps, weeds, egg shells, etc.). If you were doing all these things, let me know!
October 26, 2021 @ 7:46 pm
We were turning it over, but I think you nailed it with lack of brown material. Thank you!
October 26, 2021 @ 7:47 pm
Happy to help!