Grow with Bovees As we’re sure you already know, compost is a vital part of successful gardening. Compost helps us improve soil quality, and fine-tune the balance of specific nutrients and moisture, required by specific plants. It goes without saying then, that we actually need a variety of different composts….and there are many! See our buyer’s guide below … Read more
Coffee drinking is a habit people nurture around the world. But that also directly translates to just as much coffee waste being generated for every batch of coffee you make.
But if you could decompose your coffee filters and grounds, returning the organic matter back to where it came from — nature — that would reduce the environmental burden on the process by a lot.
So, can you throw your coffee machine filters into a compost pile and put the waste to better use? Let’s find the answer!
Aeration is the process of punching small holes in the soil and removing small plugs of soil to allow air, water, and nutrients to reach the grassroots.
Aerating your soil can be done with one of two different tools — a plug aerator or a spike aerator.
Both types of aerators are available in two common types — walk behind aerators, (also known as a push aerator), and pull behind aerators.
A push aerator, just as the name would suggest, requires you to walk behind it and push it to aerate your lawn, which may be a daunting process if you have a medium to large sized lawn.
From the outside, composting isn’t something a lot of people want to think about.
A lot of them also don’t want to think about the amount of waste they are creating and what it is doing to the planet.
But if you have a small garden, you start thinking about organic ways to feed your garden, and from that comes the “gem” of an idea for natural fertilizer.
Compost aerators, sometimes called compost turners are simple garden tools that help speed the decomposition of compost by mixing it.
Composting is a great way to recycle your yard waste and kitchen scraps, but it takes time.
If you turn the compost periodically, you’ll speed the decomposition process and get the finished compost sooner.
Aerating your compost offers myriad different benefits, most notably accelerating decomposition in your compost pile. Aerating aka turning your compost pile makes a world of a difference in making compost within 4 – 8 weeks rather than 6 – 8 months, and here’s why!
Every pile of compost needs a periodic influx of oxygen to activate the bacteria. If the bacteria feel sluggish due to a reduced oxygen supply, your compost heap may decompose slower, at lower temperatures, and possibly emit odor.
If you’ve prepared plenty of rice for a dinner party and have loads leftover and don’t know what to do with it, you may be wondering, can you compost rice the same way you would compost other kitchen waste.
So, to answer to the question, is rice compostable, yes, rice is compostable and while rice is an organic matter and both cooked and uncooked rice — whether it be white or brown rice — will break down in the compost bin, it can still be tricky to accomplish the process of composting rice.
And, it is recommended to compost cooked rice as well as uncooked rice at home only if you are an experienced composter and compost frequently because composting uncooked rice can attract pests, while composting cooked rice can breed harmful bacteria. Worms love rice.
Wax paper is a common kitchen accessory and its waterproof, moisture-resistance quality makes it perfect to wrap your food to prevent it from becoming soggy. And, apart from being used to wrap food, wax paper also has other uses such as for baking purposes, rolling dough, to line drawers, as a microwave protector, to unstick zippers, as a fast funnel, etc.
