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Turtle Manure - I have a raised bed I'm not using right now. It has high rabbit proof side walls. Yesterday, my brother was visiting and he spotted a Red-ea... Read More
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Food Safe Buckets - How important is it to use a "food safe" bucket to collect kitchen waste for the compost or worm bin? Would an all purpose bucket... Read More
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Coffee Grounds - Jack-pot! - I've been raising worms for a few years now with good success. I just feed them my kitchen scraps and coffee grounds. I seem to have more co... Read More
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OSB Worm Bin - Would OSB (Oriented Strand Board) be a safe material to build a worm bin? I know it would not last forever, but I have some scrap laying aro... Read More
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Coffee Grounds - Jack-pot! - I've been raising worms for a few years now with good success. I just feed them my kitchen scraps and coffee grounds. I seem to have more co... Read More
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Jelly - Reading this forum makes me want to put every ounce of organic material I can get my hands on to work in the garden. So here is a crazy one ... Read More
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Hot Compost Chicken Manure - I am about to try to hot compost chicken manure. I have 8 chickens who sleep in a 5X5 coop attached to a 5X10 in closed run. They sleep in ... Read More
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Off-grid Artesian Well - I just bought a piece of property with a flowing artesian well on it. The old house was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. At the time ... Read More
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Purple & Gold ID - Can anyone help me identify this? Its the third year it has bloomed in the middle of a big clump of Yellow Flag that I have in my yard. I ... Read More
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Sand, Silt, Clay, & Organic Matter - Recommended Garden Soil Mix: 45% Sand 25% Silt 25% Clay 5% Organic Matter ---------------- Questions: 1. SAND. My main question is about ... Read More
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