composting 101 2017 12-16
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Compost Tips for the Home Gardenerhttp://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ep323
Carbon – Browns Nitrogen – Greens
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Left: (1 year old) Last year’s material all garden stuff, grass & leaves,
kitchen: banana peels veg. trimmings from the pile’s top.
Middle: (2 years old) bottom of this year’s pile put into bags
Right: (3 years old) Finished product from the bags to be used in the
garden & greenhouse this year
GUESS WHERE THIS
COMPOST WAS MADE?
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Smaller surface areas
decompose faster
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Check for moisture when
turning the compost.
The consistency should
feel like a wrung-out sponge.
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COMPOSTING
101
QUESTIONS?
Upcoming Master
Gardener Program:
Sat Jan 13, 2018
Gwen Cherry Park
How to start raied bed gardens
and plant seeds/transplants
Sat & Sun Jan 13-14, 2018
10am – 5pm
Plant Clinic @ Redland Heritage
Festival
Fruit & Spice Park
Sat., Jan 20, 2018 9am -1pm
N. Trail Park Tree Giveway
780 NW 127 Ave. Access this presentation at:
http://tinyurl.com/compostmiami