Really Enjoy Composting For Fresh Top Soil  

I used to, but unfortunately I'm down in Mexico now and have no where to do it! I also added the ashes to a separate small pile to create a more acidic soil for the plants that needed this. I know where you are located but not sure if you can grow this? But I got some asparagus crowns and made a great bed about 2 feet by 6 feet and it thrived after one year of waiting! They have a wide selection, you may want to look into this! I'm sure they have a type that would work in your area! They are so good, and the type I settled on gave a good sized crop twice a year! I even pickled a bunch for use all year around! Good Luck with that if you try them! tdemex

I love to compost! It's like getting something for nothing. You put in a bunch of leaves, grass, coffee grounds, egg shells, vegetable and fruit waste, etc. and after a while, you get out nice rich, black, nutrient filled topsoil to amend your garden soil with. It's great! Plus everything you compost doesn't go to the landfill so it's very environmentally friendly.

When I lived in the country, I had a big compost heap and even when I lived in a house in the suburbs I had a small pile. Unfortunately, I can't have one where I live at the moment but that's going to change pretty soon and I'll get back to the country with a big garden again, so I'll start a good compost heap.

I've always wanted to try one of those big drum type composters so you can load it up and just crank the handle to turn the pile but they're kind of expensive. Definitely a handy way to do it though.

I sheet compost for the most part. It's a great way to keep the soil in good condition, both nutrient wise and tilth wise. Nature does a fine job if we just give her a chance.

Hi! I would love to but i have no idea on how to get started. I had a nice size garden this year and i know the compost would have come in very handy. I guess i will have to check in how to go about doing this, as i plan an even bigger garden for next year.

When I was married and had a house, I used t dig trenches between the rolls of planting. During the growing season I would put in the organic "waste" materials and in the spring, I would cover the trenches and make new trenches (where the plants were growing the year before) This would build up the soil fairly fast and there were earth worms galore to boot. If you do not get many vegetable wast materials , you might wish t let earthworms compost them for you. Yo can do this under your sink in a plastic bucket, the waste organic materials (no meats, fats or bones) go into this bucket and the worms will eat them. You can order worms from a bait shop of out of the back of several magazine including gardening magazines, fishing magazines etc.