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Temperature extremes, flooding and drought can wreak havoc on landscapes. Melinda Myers provides strategies to repair and prepare landscapes for whatever mother nature has in store this season. Milwaukee, WI (PRWEB) May 17, 2013 Spring floods, summer droughts and temperature extremes take their toll on gardens and the gardeners who tend them. Help gardens recover from the crazy temperature and moisture extremes that seem to occur each year. Myers suggests the following steps to revive...
Composting Can Help Reduce Landfill Waste and Create Soil Supplement RACINE, Wis., May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- New Ziploc® Brand Compostable Bags are the latest offering from SC Johnson, providing compostable storage solutions that help reduce landfill waste for people looking to make green choices without sacrificing food freshness or convenience. Ziploc® Brand Compostable Bags, available exclusively online at SCJGreenChoices.com, are designed for use in commercial composting...
NewsWatch, a national television show, recently reported on the environmental and economic benefits of composting. As part of the segment, NewsWatch featured the Toter Composter by WASTEQUIP as its recommended consumer composter. (PRWEB) April 30, 2013 NewsWatch, a national television show, recently reported on the environmental and economic benefits of composting. As part of the segment, NewsWatch featured the Toter Composter as its recommended consumer composter. As spring continues...
SOUTH LYON, Mich., April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Michigan-based internet retailer, Tipakl Retailer LLC, today announced that is has opened its online store at www.compostumbling.com, selling a vast array of indoor and at-home gardening supplies. Products available at compostumbling.com include mini-greenhouses, single trays, multi-tray systems, indoor gardening sets, coir bricks, and live red wiggler composting worms. Founder and owner of Tipakl Retailer LLC and its new online...
Colle Farmers Market offers commentary in response to an article published by the Cleveland Advocate discussing the use of compost as a method to enhance organic farming. Bohemia, NY (PRWEB) April 01, 2013 On April 1, 2013, Colle Farmers Market offers commentary based on an article published by the Cleveland Advocate discussing the use of compost as a method to enhance organic farming. The Cleveland Advocate article written by Robert Hoffman introduces the concept of creating compost to...
It’s possible to create a beautiful landscape and be kind to the environment even with a busy schedule and while staying within budget. Milwaukee, WI (PRWEB) March 12, 2013 It’s possible to create a beautiful landscape and be kind to the environment even with a busy schedule and while staying within budget. “All it takes is a bit of planning and a few low maintenance strategies,” says gardening expert and author Melinda Myers. Myers recommends these five strategies to create a...
Easy Gardener Products, Inc., after a successful spring 2012 soft launch, is expanding its US rollout this spring of its new innovative microbial enhanced product, Jobe’s Organics Water Soluble Plant Food developed with microbial technology partner Pathway BioLogic, to select Home Depot and other Lawn and Garden retailers. PLANT CITY, FL (PRWEB) January 30, 2013 Florida based microbial technology company, Pathway BioLogic, has developed the U.S. market’s first microbial based organic...
Founder of Scout Girl, LLC, Joy Nagel, is enthused to announce the launch of her new website, JoyToTheWorms.com; the website carries composting worms, composting worm bins, and other useful composting supplies, particularly those related to vermicomposting. For more information, please visit the website’s blog at JoyToTheWormsBlog.com. Salem, Oregon (PRWEB) January 03, 2013 Joy Nagel is pleased to announce the creation and launch of her new website venture, http://www.JoyToTheWorms.com....
Fecal samples from archeological sites reveal evolution of human gut microbes Extinct microbes in fecal samples from archaeological sites across the world resemble those found in present-day rural African communities more than they resemble the microbes found in the gut of cosmopolitan US adults, according to research published December 12 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Cecil Lewis and colleagues from the University of Oklahoma. The researchers analyzed 1400-8000-year-old fecal...
Solid Waste and Recycling Industry Thankful Composting, Curbside Food-Waste Recycling on the Rise WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As American families celebrate Thanksgiving, the Environmental Industry Associations (EIA) celebrates the growing role composting plays in reducing America's food waste output. Composting, the controlled decomposition of organic materials, is an environmentally friendly, sustainable alternative to disposing of food and other organic...
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Vermicompost is composting with the use of special earthworms. Red wigglers and white worms are the more common worms used, although European night crawlers can be used as well. Red wigglers can be found living in manure piles and in rotting vegetation and adapt the best in covered worm bins. Common earthworms burrow deeply and are not recommended for use in compost bins. Blue worms are commonly used in the tropics. Worms are used to decompose vegetable and food waste along with bedding...
Image Caption: Compost barrel with compost and tools. Credit: Diego Grez/Wikipedia Compost is fertilizer made from decomposed organic matter that is then tilled directly into the soil or used as an additive when transplanting seedlings. Composting can be very simplistic or complex, depending on the amount of compost needed. Compost is widely used in organic farming because of its high nutrient content and natural pesticide abilities. Composting is simply piling, systematically,...
