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Apr 13 15 12:09 PM
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~
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Apr 13 15 4:48 PM
Apr 13 15 9:30 PM
icepick wrote:Nobody knows about these? Interesting. A flat, or gently sloping roof is a great place to grow these things. But why did they mention sweet potatoes, but not regular potatoes?
Apr 13 15 9:36 PM
Mar 26 16 1:35 PM
Worms. The very essence of every flourishing garden. They are great for improving soil quality, turn your kitchen scraps into a valuable, incredibly rich fertiliser, and also make for an undemanding household pet. With a block of coir, some newspaper and handful of worms ready to go, setting up a simple worm farm couldn’t be easier. Your worm farm can be a ready-made layered structure, created in an old bathtub, an in situ garden worm tower or something like a Hungry Bin (a large scale compost). You’ll need: Something to house your worms: work out which worm farm you’re using. There’s a lot of designs out there, but they all work the same way. For any worm farm that has a tap at the bottom, setting it up with at a slight forward tilt for any liquid to drain out is a good idea. You can leave the tap on with a bucket underneath to avoids any build up of sediment that can clog things up. Worms: Once you've sorted out your worm farm you’ll need to source some worms, these can be from a hardware store, community garden, council or a generous worm giving friend. You'll want about 1000 worms per person using the worm farm – so for a family of four you’ll want to add 4000 worms to munch through your scraps.
Something to house your worms: work out which worm farm you’re using. There’s a lot of designs out there, but they all work the same way. For any worm farm that has a tap at the bottom, setting it up with at a slight forward tilt for any liquid to drain out is a good idea. You can leave the tap on with a bucket underneath to avoids any build up of sediment that can clog things up. Worms: Once you've sorted out your worm farm you’ll need to source some worms, these can be from a hardware store, community garden, council or a generous worm giving friend. You'll want about 1000 worms per person using the worm farm – so for a family of four you’ll want to add 4000 worms to munch through your scraps.