All Blog Posts Tagged 'compost' (8)

 

From waste to food. That's Gainesville Compost's motto. Compost is nothing new. So what's it all about?

 

Chris Cano and Steven Kanner run a new operation called Gainesville Compost in Florida. It's a novel idea where they take bikes fitted with…

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I went to our local weed and seed the other day looking for sprouts and ideas for my garden. The guy there helping me suggested I wait until the hot weather subsides before planting anything else. He also strongly suggested using some of their fertilizer on my patch. 

Our community garden is organic, so we use mostly horse manure, bat guano and worm…

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On August 14 from 9:00 to 12:00 the Loga

Springs Academy on 931 NE 1th Avenue, Gainesville Florida will host a gardening boot camp, complete with coffee and donuts, lunch, resources and info to go, and the hands-on assistance of several local experts.

We are a loosely-connected group…

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Did you know you can reduce CO2 and Methane by removing biodegradiable fruit and vegetable scraps from your trash?
The combination makes great soil I put my compost material (kitchen scraps) in the middle of our banana patch.
Now the trees fruit in abundance with large delicious bananas. This is because all the nutrients.
And our trash is fresh and eco-friendly :)

I just spent a great afternoon with Ron Chandler. He showed my his new digs near McRorie Garden. Ron is a fine example of grassroots composting. I snapped the photo above of Ron pouring his kitchen waste into our compost box at the garden. Wouldn't you know, Anne, a curator of a Flickr (photo social website) group called… Continue

I went to the garden yesterday and it was beautiful. That's Ron Chandler's circular patch above. Ron is in Thailand right now, I think. I just sent him an email this morning. Last we heard, he was stranded in the Bankok airport.

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Today, McRorie Community Gardeners talked about composting. Maura said "When I was bringing my compost to the garden yesterday, I noticed a rat (I think) in the compost heap. I don't want to be supplying rats with a food source (in consideration of the neighbors, among other reasons). I'm wondering if anyone has any…

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High Springs (Florida) has a Community Garden coordinated by Lys Burden. Lys recently contributed these tips in the Local section of the 6/13 Gainesville Sun

• Clear a space that gets about 6 hours sunlight per day
• Consider raised garden beds because they're easier on your back
• Enrich the soil with compost before you plant
• Start small. You can always expand
• Add mulch throughout the…

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