"Daddy‘s Pile": A Greenhorn‘s Composting Lesson
18 Jul
Helping with Daddy's Pile - a compost lesson.
By Brett G. Varner
For the five years we have lived in our house, I have thought about composting. Our relatively small yard has 3 large and mature trees: a fruit producing mulberry, an elm and a California Oak. All three, combined with the lawns, are very prolific at producing green waste. It is far more than our green waste bin from the City can handle each week.
Composting seemed like a very good idea, but I didn’t know anything about it. I always assumed the first step was to learn how to build, and then actually construct, a composting bin system. Each year, I would look at the piles of leaves in the yard and think, (more…)
Recent Posts