The trouble with reading gardening books for fun is that there will always be some new idea that I wish I had known about before. I learned from Golden Gate Gardening that sprouted peas don’t grow better than peas planted in the soil – although I’ve read elsewhere that you can get a head-start by…
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Testing the murder compost. How killer is it?
Over the summer, I made an enormous pile of compost out of eucalyptus waste and dog shit. I’ve talked a lot about why that might be a bad idea, TLDR: eucalyptus and dog poo can kill (plants or people, respectively) and why ima use it anyway. But I’d love to learn a little more about…
Compost, semi-scientifically explained
Browns? Greens? Hot? Cold? What the F, compost? Yep, I feel you. So here’s my semi-scientific explanation of how composting happens, from memory, and a marginal amount of experience. You’re welcome. Home compost is free fertilizer that makes your plants grow awesomely because it does awesome stuff to the soil. Like what? Compost adds nutrients…
Making the murder compost
I’ve lived in the same house on and off since I was three. The major landscaping theme since the dawn of this development was Eucalyptus. First we had four on the property. Then three for the past 20 years. And now we’re down to two and eucalyptus skeleton with a tree fort in it. What…
Outdoor Hedonist 