YIMBY composters
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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…
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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…