http://gardeninggarden.com/2009/12/01/enriching-your-vegetable-garden-soil/ Enjoy in Your Garden with our Gardening advices. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:24:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://gardeninggarden.com/2009/12/01/enriching-your-vegetable-garden-soil/comment-page-1/#comment-420 Alan Q Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:25:15 +0000 http://gardeninggarden.com/?p=332#comment-420 I use pine straw for intermediate layers. It works well if you don't strictly rely on it, but chopped up with leaves (especially oak & hickory) and weeds has heated well & consistently for me for over three years. We keep three compost piles, but only one that gets the kitchen refuse. By not changing the locations of our piles we keep a good base of very organic soil/loam for it to work off, and by planting the odd leafy green vegetable (we use collards) it serves to keep injecting nitrogen into the mix. Forked regularly and left to its own devices it serves to provide fertilizer for over 250 sq ft of arable raised-bed gardens. Every component comes from the property we live on, and we do not use any additives other than hardwood ash and bone meal. Eventually we plan to put in a raised box for the compost so that what falls down is the spreadable result. But for now, just the piles are working out quite well. I use pine straw for intermediate layers. It works well if you don’t strictly rely on it, but chopped up with leaves (especially oak & hickory) and weeds has heated well & consistently for me for over three years. We keep three compost piles, but only one that gets the kitchen refuse. By not changing the locations of our piles we keep a good base of very organic soil/loam for it to work off, and by planting the odd leafy green vegetable (we use collards) it serves to keep injecting nitrogen into the mix. Forked regularly and left to its own devices it serves to provide fertilizer for over 250 sq ft of arable raised-bed gardens. Every component comes from the property we live on, and we do not use any additives other than hardwood ash and bone meal. Eventually we plan to put in a raised box for the compost so that what falls down is the spreadable result. But for now, just the piles are working out quite well.

]]> http://gardeninggarden.com/2009/12/01/enriching-your-vegetable-garden-soil/comment-page-1/#comment-412 Fruit Cages uk Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:52:09 +0000 http://gardeninggarden.com/?p=332#comment-412 Also try using shredded paper or newspaper to your compost Also try using shredded paper or newspaper to your compost

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