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Composting sawdust

Composting sawdust

My dad came to visit yesterday and he brought me a gift – a few bags of sawdust from a sawmill near his home (he says they have mountains of the stuff!).

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Egg cartons are a go-to ‘brown’

Egg cartons are a go-to ‘brown’

Egg cartons are one of my favourite and readily accessible carbon-rich ‘browns’. They help to soak up moisture from ‘green’ kitchen cuttings. Smaller pieces incorporate better and don’t matt. Involve your children in your composting by getting them to tear

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Achieving a healthy compost balance

Good compost results from a healthy balance between nitrogen-rich ‘green’ materials and carbon-rich ‘brown’ materials. Different types of materials and proportions affect the rate of composting and this is more an art than a science. Too much nitrogen and the

Lisa de Speville 21 April 20171 June 2017 Blog Read more

Crushed egg shells in your compost

You can put egg shells into your YOLO Compost Tumbler. Egg shells are rich in calcium, which plants use to build strong cell walls. Fast growing vegetables like tomatoes and squash thrive with sufficient calcium in the soil. Egg shells

Lisa de Speville 20 April 20171 June 2017 Blog Read more

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