The decayed organic matter that is crucial for plant growth Humus is what remains after organic litter from plants and ...

Composting is a simple, free and transformative practice to enrich soil and enhance gardens. For garden enthusiasts, ...

Soil with not much compost or humus in it will blow away in the wind very easily. Putting compost in your soil feeds the soil and makes it strong and healthy.

A very important part of the success of this project is an understanding of the soil food web, in other words, how organisms ...

The compost adds nutrients and carbon to your soil, improves the humus levels and so helps your soil retain nutrients. If you put weed seeds in or perennial weed roots on, the temperatures in a ...

Explore how to compost leaves for vegetable garden soil with these composting tips ... tree can be worth as much as $50 of fertilizers and humus. Pound for pound, the leaves of most trees contain ...

Not all compost is created equal ... To alleviate pests, plant mustards, and if your soil could use more humus, plant cowpeas. Your local nursery will have bulk cover crop seed and can help ...

Compost heaps can be designed to suit gardens ... posts to enclose an area about 1sq m (40sq in.) Then bash the soil with the back of a spade to consolidate it. Next either tack wire netting ...