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Mother Earth’s Garden

December 21st, 2006

Worms and how to love them

I have been asked to give some advice on composting for people with small gardens. There are several possible solutions to this dilemma, but my favourite is worms!
 Composters and would-be composters are usually stuck between two choices. Either you can have a classic heap, but be stuck with the need to aerate it by turning […]

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December 19th, 2006

Compost, Gertrude and Guilt

Gertrude is the matriarch of the community gardens. She is the one who presides over the waiting list for plots. She is the one who decided that there should be a communal lemon tree, and where it should be planted. She arrives about once a week, grey hair wispy and eyes peering through bottle-top glasses […]

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December 3rd, 2006

The amazing compost corkscrew!

After all the philosophy about compost in my last post, I thought I’d share a wonderful and very practical discovery I made a few years ago that has transformed my home composting methods. As anyone who has tried it knows, the average domestic compost bin soon deteriorates into a damp smelly mess if not managed […]

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