Parenting worms demands a…
Composting Methods our Subscribers Prefer
In October, 2017, we asked subscribers to our newsletter, Cuttings, to answer a number of questions in a survey about composting. Although the number…
Choosing Mulch for Your Garden
There are different reasons for using mulch in your garden, so it’s important to choose the best mulch for your purposes. And there are so…
The Science of Composting
Many well-intentioned composters keep adding kitchen scraps to the compost bin and then wonder why they are left with a smelly rotting mess. The…
To Chop’n’Drop or Not
If you haven’t heard about “chop’n’drop” you can probably work out roughly what it means i.e. when pruning shrubs, trees or pretty much any plant,…
Seaweed Extracts for the Garden
The term “seaweeds” here to refers to macroalgae – the kind you see clinging to rocks at low tide, or in beautiful subtidal gardens (these can also…
The Living Soil
When I started experimenting with wicking beds a few years ago, I was concerned about the isolation of the wicking bed’s soil. The bed’s water tank…
Worm Wicking – One Year On
Last August, I wrote an article for SGA about my first attempt at a Sustainable Wicking Worm Bed. For details see…
Worms and Worm Farms
So, most of us have had a pet of some sort over the course of our lives, our pets bring us joy, love, laughter, and good times. But imagine owning…
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