Yes in My Backyard
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What to do with a compost that is too hot?
In last-week’s Compost Conversation we looked at what makes some batches of compost go over temperature (over 68o Celsius), and…
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Too hot to handle
A mistake we humans often make is to think that if something is good, more of it will be better….
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Does composting really reduce greenhouse emissions?
I’m sure we have heard that putting food scraps in our general waste bin, then burying them in a landfill…
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Be a better composter in 2025
Welcome back to the Compost Conversation for 2025, and a happy new year to all our readers. Here at YIMBY…
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Don’t kill your compost, it’s alive!
Good quality, home-made compost is teaming with life, and because of this we need to care for it, to the…
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Is that mulch or is it compost?
There is no agreed definition of what compost actually is or isn’t, and a huge array of commercial products sold…
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Seaweed in compost? Yes but…
The answer to the question of whether adding seaweed to our compost will enhance it, is a simple yes. Seaweed…
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A very tiny, big issue
I was chatting to new YIMBY composter Laura Jade about things that make it through our compost piles virtually unscathed….
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How to test for herbicide residues
In last week’s conversation we looked at synthetic auxins, a group of persistent herbicides that can have devastating impacts on…
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Invisible, persistent killer
‘Synthetic auxins’ are a group of herbicides that have been quietly killing off backyard and market gardens in our region…
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Drumming up interest
YIMBY composters teamed up with ‘Dig It’ MainFM program and Growing Abundance and took to the streets in the Castlemaine…
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There’s a fly in my compost
Occasionally we get a distressed call at YIMBY informing us someone has fruit fly in their compost…Common names can be…