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EmmaDear

How to Care for a Pet Garden Rock



How to Care for a Pet Garden Rock

Pet rocks are not for everyone. It takes a special person to properly care for this special pet. Not only will you have physically care for your pet rock, you must meet all the emotional needs of your pet rock as well. Follow these guidelines and you w… Continue

Posted by EmmaDear on January 25, 2010 at 2:30am

Camille Lozano

Worm Composting: A Beginners Guide


What are the steps in composting?

Composting, particularly worm composting advocates the evident benefits of resource efficiency from organic waste to a useful produc… Continue

Posted by Camille Lozano on January 2, 2010 at 8:51am

Suzie O'Connor

Teaching Kids How to Garden Indoors for the Winter

Growing Food During the Winter Months



You do not have to have a garden in order to have fresh vegetables to eat. What you do need is the know-how and desire to begin growing your own. These simple steps and items around your kitchen can get you started on turning seeds into plants in order to grow vegetables even when it's snowing outside.



The very first thing that you need is packages of seeds. Seeds are easy to come by and cost under a dollar. Vegetables that grow well inside are cherry… Continue

Posted by Suzie O'Connor on November 4, 2009 at 10:48am

EmmaDear

Did You Know Worms Aren't American?



Did You Know Worms Aren't American?
University of Illinois
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/worms/index.html

When you dig in your garden and find worms, you probably think that I have always been here in America. Actually, early… Continue

Posted by EmmaDear on October 29, 2009 at 3:35am — 2 Comments

EmmaDear

How to Buy Red Worms For Composting



How to Buy Red Worms
By Ann Johnson
eHow Contributing Writer

Live worms can be used as bait when fishing for crappie, catfish, trout and other fish. There are a variety of worm choices on the market. Red worms are thin, reddish worms, smaller in diameter than the chubby nightcrawler. Anglers can typically… Continue

Posted by EmmaDear on October 29, 2009 at 3:25am

 
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I wouldn't put it into my compost, and I compost almost anything organic. Not knowing what chemicals are in the soot, and not knowing what's in the "guano" would concern me. If coal was burned, the soot could be coal creosote, which is nasty stuff.…
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It's probably not too late to salvage your compost. The single best brown ingredient is dry, shredded leaves. If you can find some of last year's leaves in the spring, when the weather warms up, gather as many as you can and shred them. You can use…
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I agree with Athena's assessment; virtually all of the work in a compost pile or bin occurs beneath the surface. Additionally, if you're rotating bin is metal, placing it in direct sunlight might actually result in it gettting too hot in the middle…
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Chicken poop should make great compost, so long as you have enough "brown" (as in "high carbon") material to balance it. The best brown material is shredded dry leaves, but straw and sawdust work well, too. Keep the pile mixed, and add as many shred…
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