Yes in My Backyard
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Not foul manure, fowl manure
‘Gallus gallus’, the red junglefowl, once roamed wild in the forests of South Asia, but has, through long years of…
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Horse manure, worming and compost
This week the Compost Conversation has enlisted the help of local vet and large animal specialist, Dr Paul O’Connor, to…
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Straight from the horse’s…
Although horses no longer perform the major traction and transport roles they once did in our society, our increased human…
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The good manure
Animal manures can be fantastic additions to our compost recipe, in fact their use pre-dates deliberate compost making in the…
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Sir Albert Howard – Compost Pioneer
Back in the early 20th century, Sir Albert Howard (often called the father of modern organic agriculture) brought the Indore…
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The question of wood ash
Can I put wood ash from my fire in the compost? It’s a question we are often asked here at…
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One bin good, two bins better
Managing the outputs of a cool compost bin can get complicated, particularly if we only have one bin, where we…
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Free-range worm farming
I’ll let you in on a little compost secret. A well set up cool composting bin and a worm-farm are…
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To tumble… or not?
The logic of compost tumblers goes like this: Lack of aeration makes compost piles stinky and slow. By turning the…
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Setting up for success
For many people, the compost pile is as far away from the house as it can be, tucked right down…
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It’s hot, when you’re not
There is nothing quite so satisfying for me as heading outside on a frosty morning to feed the chooks, passing…
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Hooray for the home composter!
“In a good economy there would be no such thing as waste” writes farmer and poet, Wendell Berry. We know…