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Compost Heaps

I wrote this in 2007, but it seems current enough to make, well, a current entry. I have a couple of compost …

Ash to mulch

I have a 35-year old Arizona ash (Fraxinus velutina) that shades much of the front yard and a quarter of the house. …

Rainwater Harvesting

With all the rain we’ve been blessed with lately, it’s hard to remember there’s much of a need for conserving water. But …

Matter in, matter out

I do everything I can to use the organic matter produced in my yard to sustain it, either as compost or mulch. …

Archive: Organizing

Last year I started to organize a yard composting group based on the idea of providing sustainable organic nutrients to my gardening …