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Original Organics

Posted by sue james on Monday, March 26, 2012, In : Composting

Original Organics Ltd are the UK's leading online retailer of environmentally friendly, sustainable products that help you get more out of your home and garden. We are specalists in domestic composting and water conservation with a wide range of home composters, tumblers, wormeries and water butts. We also offer a wide range of grow-your-own products, wildlife gardening products, quality garden tools and accessories.

Composting

Posted by The Gardeners Guide on Wednesday, November 25, 2009, In : Composting

Compost is a useful organic material made from organic wastes (e.g., yard trimmings, food wastes, manures). In composting, bulking agents (e.g., wood chips) are added to organic wastes to accelerate the breakdown of material. Then, the finished material is fully stabilized and matured through a curing process.
Worm composting uses red worms to create useful organic material from kitchen wastes.

The Uses and Benefits of Compost:

* Provides mulch for landscaping and gardens
* Replaces fertilize...

Gardening - Getting Started

Posted by The Gardeners Guide. on Thursday, November 19, 2009, In : Gardening

The thing to remember when gardening is to start small. A small plant bed, about 25 or 30 feet square is perfect, is just enough room for about 30 plants. This will give you a chance to try out your green thumb and if you find that you enjoy your garden you can always expand and increase your plantings.

The next thing you will want to do is choose a site. Gardening should be done in an area that gets at least six hours of sunlight. Try and stay away from large trees that will take your plants ...
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