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Bokashi. What is Bokashi?

Bokashi. About Bokashi. What is it? Do I need one? A Bokashi bin is used to 'compost' kitchen waste. It differs from the normal 'composting' techniques in that food that would normally have to be...

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What To Put in a Compost Pile

Now that we have talked about making a compost bin, let's discuss what exactly to put in a compost pile. You can put a lot of different things in it, but there are also some things that you can't put in. Once...

4 comments    home gardening recycling
 photo: here is home made compost ready to be used on the vegetable plot. 85

What Goes Into Making Compost?

Making Compost is easy.. a simple and easy way to make compost  Greens and Browns Explained....

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Composting Toilets...Not Just For Cabins

Composting, or waterless toilets have long been used in remote hunting cabins but over the last few years have begun to be considered for environmentally responsible suburban and urban homes as well. There are...

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Compost - yard waste, egg shells, and roses - kind of pretty, isn't it? (photo by Dolores Monet)86

Compost - Composting in the Small Garden

Fall and winter are great times to build a a compost pile to use for soil enrichment in spring. Even a small garden can use a compost pile made of fall plant trimmings and other garden trash that you can turn into wonderful, natural fertilizer for the garden.

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Fast Compost - How to Make Compost Fast - Make a Compost Tumbler

We all know that compost is a great way to improve your garden soil. It not only adds nutrients, but buffers the pH of the soil, and improves the tilth of the soil as well. In addition, the materials we...

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These have been a part of my life for at least thirty years and growing!86

10 Odd Things To Collect, Great Gift Ideas Too!

These have been a part of my life for at least thirty years and growing! Almost everyone has had the pleasure of collecting certain items that catch their fancy at one time in life or another. Baseball cards...

15 comments    crafts hobbies gift ideas
Ostia Antica, Roman Empire. Water flowed in a sewer channel under the stony seats. Citizens would gossip and share a cloth scrubber soaked in water mixed with vinegar and/or salt (on a good day).  Ahhhh, good times.84

The Flush Toilet: Time for IT to Go?

Our humble friend, the flush toilet, has been with us in some form or another ... though not always close or convenient ... since the ancient civilizations of the Indus Valley, Minos and Rome. Now interesting times are upon us, and conserve we must. But how? This particular water activity is, well, harder to hold back on than most. This Hub will delve into a couple of alternatives for relieving this dilemma.

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Dual Flush Toilets

Dual flush toilets and things to look for when shopping for a toilet. (toilet buying guide)

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Rough green snake. Grows 2'-3' in the SE United States and is kept as a pet.81

Preventing Snake Infestation - Endangered Species and Not

How Can I Get Rid of Snakes in the Home and Garden?   With SNAKE FENCE, of course! Personally, I like snakes and visit them in the zoos of the world when I visit each new city blessed by a zoological garden...

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