#composting — Public Fediverse posts

what to do with leaves

What to do with leaves, if one cannot leave them

Here beneath aspen, gum, maple and birch

As what they become in winter, a kind of skirt

To warm and feed fanned roots, is gather and



Toss them on a garden. She spreads hers

Over bed and path alike, with straw, with



Dead grass and weeds, barn bedding, the contents

Of kitchen bucket and tumble barrel, along



With any foliage that comes to hand, even prunings

If too small to bother with for her iron stove.

This is for worms and all their small companions

Heaving aside the earth of path and bed alike,



Leveling and loosening, making untilled tilth.

Evening comes and she stills, listening

As the city of humus thrums toward spring.

Very likely it's best to interfere not
Even this much in things, she tells herself, yet

She's always loved to tell her children: eat.

-- shonin #poetry #acrostic #gardening #homesteading #soil #composting

what to do with leaves

What to do with leaves, if one cannot leave them

Here beneath aspen, gum, maple and birch

As what they become in winter, a kind of skirt

To warm and feed fanned roots, is gather and



Toss them on a garden. She spreads hers

Over bed and path alike, with straw, with



Dead grass and weeds, barn bedding, the contents

Of kitchen bucket and tumble barrel, along



With any foliage that comes to hand, even prunings

If too small to bother with for her iron stove.

This is for worms and all their small companions

Heaving aside the earth of path and bed alike,



Leveling and loosening, making untilled tilth.

Evening comes and she stills, listening

As the city of humus thrums toward spring.

Very likely it's best to interfere not
Even this much in things, she tells herself, yet

She's always loved to tell her children: eat.

-- shonin #poetry #acrostic #gardening #homesteading #soil #composting

what to do with leaves

What to do with leaves, if one cannot leave them

Here beneath aspen, gum, maple and birch

As what they become in winter, a kind of skirt

To warm and feed fanned roots, is gather and



Toss them on a garden. She spreads hers

Over bed and path alike, with straw, with



Dead grass and weeds, barn bedding, the contents

Of kitchen bucket and tumble barrel, along



With any foliage that comes to hand, even prunings

If too small to bother with for her iron stove.

This is for worms and all their small companions

Heaving aside the earth of path and bed alike,



Leveling and loosening, making untilled tilth.

Evening comes and she stills, listening

As the city of humus thrums toward spring.

Very likely it's best to interfere not
Even this much in things, she tells herself, yet

She's always loved to tell her children: eat.

-- shonin #poetry #acrostic #gardening #homesteading #soil #composting

what to do with leaves

What to do with leaves, if one cannot leave them

Here beneath aspen, gum, maple and birch

As what they become in winter, a kind of skirt

To warm and feed fanned roots, is gather and



Toss them on a garden. She spreads hers

Over bed and path alike, with straw, with



Dead grass and weeds, barn bedding, the contents

Of kitchen bucket and tumble barrel, along



With any foliage that comes to hand, even prunings

If too small to bother with for her iron stove.

This is for worms and all their small companions

Heaving aside the earth of path and bed alike,



Leveling and loosening, making untilled tilth.

Evening comes and she stills, listening

As the city of humus thrums toward spring.

Very likely it's best to interfere not
Even this much in things, she tells herself, yet

She's always loved to tell her children: eat.

-- shonin #poetry #acrostic #gardening #homesteading #soil #composting

what to do with leaves

What to do with leaves, if one cannot leave them

Here beneath aspen, gum, maple and birch

As what they become in winter, a kind of skirt

To warm and feed fanned roots, is gather and



Toss them on a garden. She spreads hers

Over bed and path alike, with straw, with



Dead grass and weeds, barn bedding, the contents

Of kitchen bucket and tumble barrel, along



With any foliage that comes to hand, even prunings

If too small to bother with for her iron stove.

This is for worms and all their small companions

Heaving aside the earth of path and bed alike,



Leveling and loosening, making untilled tilth.

Evening comes and she stills, listening

As the city of humus thrums toward spring.

Very likely it's best to interfere not
Even this much in things, she tells herself, yet

She's always loved to tell her children: eat.

-- shonin #poetry #acrostic #gardening #homesteading #soil #composting

Currently reading:

Evaluation of bokashi fermentation leachate as a biofertilizer in urban horticulture – inorganic plant nutrient content in bokashi leachate and its effect as a fertilizer on pak choi

My goal is zero waste / smell-free composting, so it's not an issue for me that bokashi leachate seems to be low in nitrogen.

I will likely use the leachate as a drain cleaner.

https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/7353/11/lind_o_140929.pdf [PDF]

#Bokashi #BokashiComposting #Gardening #IndoorGardening #Composting #ZeroWaste

Gary Pilarchik: E-202 Live Garden Mentoring Questions & Answers (Managing Diseases) https://www.allforgardening.com/1750015/gary-pilarchik-e-202-live-garden-mentoring-questions-answers-managing-diseases/ #composting #gardening #GaryPilarchik #GrowFood #GrowingFood #homestead #homesteading #organic #SelfSufficiency #SelfSufficient #sustainable #TheRustedGarden #VegetableGardening #VLog

New York Groove: We got to the bottom of the Sex and the City-style composting ads . “It’s hard to remember any recent conversation about transit ads that didn’t center around AI ‘companions,’ AI slop ‘recipes,’ endless GLP-1 plugs, and problematic tutorials on how to contour your nose…. So imagine my delight circa mid-March, when my texts and DMs started blowing up with pics of Scrappy, […]

New York Groove: We got to the bottom of the Sex and the City-style composting ads . “It’s hard to remember any recent conversation about transit ads that didn’t center around AI ‘companions,’ AI slop ‘recipes,’ endless GLP-1 plugs, and problematic tutorials on how to contour your nose…. So imagine my delight circa mid-March, when my texts and DMs started blowing up with pics of Scrappy, […]

New York Groove: We got to the bottom of the Sex and the City-style composting ads . “It’s hard to remember any recent conversation about transit ads that didn’t center around AI ‘companions,’ AI slop ‘recipes,’ endless GLP-1 plugs, and problematic tutorials on how to contour your nose…. So imagine my delight circa mid-March, when my texts and DMs started blowing up with pics of Scrappy, […]

New York Groove: We got to the bottom of the Sex and the City-style composting ads . “It’s hard to remember any recent conversation about transit ads that didn’t center around AI ‘companions,’ AI slop ‘recipes,’ endless GLP-1 plugs, and problematic tutorials on how to contour your nose…. So imagine my delight circa mid-March, when my texts and DMs started blowing up with pics of Scrappy, […]

New York Groove: We got to the bottom of the Sex and the City-style composting ads . “It’s hard to remember any recent conversation about transit ads that didn’t center around AI ‘companions,’ AI slop ‘recipes,’ endless GLP-1 plugs, and problematic tutorials on how to contour your nose…. So imagine my delight circa mid-March, when my texts and DMs started blowing up with pics of Scrappy, […]

Gardeners told to put torn up teabags in garden in May https://www.allforgardening.com/1749849/gardeners-told-to-put-torn-up-teabags-in-garden-in-may/ #compost #composting #garden #gardening #tea #teabags

Gardeners told to put torn up teabags in garden in May https://www.allforgardening.com/1749849/gardeners-told-to-put-torn-up-teabags-in-garden-in-may/ #compost #composting #garden #gardening #tea #teabags

From #yogurt to yield: Potential applications of #LacticAcidBacteria in plant production

by John R. Lamont, Olivia Wilkins, Margaret Bywater-Ekegärd, Donald L. Smith
Published August, 2017

Highlights
• Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) have been used for decades to improve plant growth.
• The plant - LAB relationship has yet to be fully characterized.
• LAB can serve as biofertilizers, biocontrols, biostimulants, and bioelicitors.

Abstract:
"Ferments containing lactic acid bacteria (LAB) have been used for decades in agricultural systems to improve soils, control disease and promote plant growth, however, the functional roles of LAB in the phytomicrobiome have yet to be discovered. An understanding of the symbiotic relationship between plants and LAB could be exploited to improve agricultural plant production.

"Scientific investigations to validate plant growth promoting properties of LAB are increasing in number and scope. LAB isolated from diverse sources have been shown to be effective biofertilizers, biocontrol agents, biostimulants. As biofertilizers, LAB can improve nutrient availability from compost and other organic material. In fermented food, LAB has served as an effective biocontrol agent; recently LAB have been shown to be effective in the control of a wide variety of fungal and bacterial phytopathogens. As biostimulants, LAB can directly promote plant growth or seed germination, as well as alleviating various abiotic stresses.

"In this review, we discuss the history and ecology of plants and LAB, appraise the available information on the use of LAB in improving plant production, and consider the limitations and potential new directions for the use of LAB in plant agriculture."

Source [includes intro, rest is behind a paywall]:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0038071716304151

#SolarPunkSunday #Biostimulants #Composting #PlantHealth #AncientTechnology #ModernTechnology #Biofertilizers #SoilEnhancement

4 garden waste options for UK households without a bin | UK | News https://www.allforgardening.com/1747292/4-garden-waste-options-for-uk-households-without-a-bin-uk-news/ #BinCollection #compost #composting #garden #GardenWasteDisposal #gardening #PrivateWasteCollection #RecyclingCentres

#Australia - #CompostWeek Events!

"Check out the growing list of events and promotions happening around Australia for International Compost Awareness Week!

If you would like to register your own event or promotion do so at our Event Registration page. Any event associated with composting can be registered in the ICAW calendar!

Some ideas for events can be:

- Tours of compost facilities
- School gardening programs
- Compost workshops
- Demonstrations by well-known gardening experts
- Compost give-away days "

Full list of events:
https://www.compostweek.com.au/events/

#SolarPunkSunday #ZeroWaste #WormFarms #CompostingBasics #Compost #Composting #CompostWorkshops #Permaculture

#CroydenVic - #UrbanNanna: #Composting and #WormFarms

Next date: Wednesday, 13 May 2026 | 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM

"Join #permaculture and #sustainability educator, Anna the Urban Nanna, to learn about the many different ways of composting and using worm farms to reduce your kitchen and garden waste. This presentation removes the challenges of composting by explaining the basics and exploring different compost systems to find the right one for your needs. You’ll learn about;

- The science of compost ratios in straightforward language
- Different commercially made compost systems and worm farms and which gardens they suit
- DIY compost bins and bays
- and more!

Event details

Date: Wednesday 13 May 2026
Time: 10am to 11.30am
Venue: Croydon Library
Cost: Free
Bookings are essential

Presenter

The Urban Nanna specialises in teaching people about traditional skills, crafts and methods of living set in a modern-day world. As well as reviving traditional ways of cooking, preserving, and crafting, we focus heavily on permaculture and living a more sustainable lifestyle by gardening and adopting zero-waste principles in everyday life.

‘Nanna’ Anna is a former primary teacher with a horticultural background, and founder of The Urban Nanna. Anna is the author of the book ‘Everyday Permaculture’. Through TV, radio, articles, workshops and print media avenues, she shares traditional knowledge, methods and skills with people around the world much like grandmas used to do with their children and grandchildren."

FMI and to book a spot:
https://www.maroondah.vic.gov.au/Residents-property/Waste-recycling/Waste-reduction-community-education/Waste-events/Urban-Nanna-Composting-and-Worm-Farms

#SolarPunkSunday #CompostWeek #VictoriaAustralia #Composting #Vermiculture #ZeroWaste

My morning #juice contains a local-grown carrot & parsnip, and red & green cabbage, as well as turmeric root, organic celery, red raspberries, a mandarin orange, fresh peppermint and a little piece of mango. #juicing is satisfying — both the activity and the consumption — without bloat, but all of the #nutrition of these many real, complete #foods. Plus, with either #composting or chicken-feeding, there's zero waste and so very much benefit. Cannot really get any of that from a pill. #farming #sustainability #satiety #weightManagement #foodBuzz

Tidy your garden – but not too much and the chickens take dance lessons

We are just about to leave Spring and rush into Summer. This means you have to tidy your spring plants to make room for your new summer growth and seedlings. By now all the early bulbs should have gone over and all you are left with is dying foliage and seed heads. Don’t make the mistake of grubbing everything out too early and failing to let growth and goodness go back into the soil and plants.

Whilst I have been busy readying the garden for Summer Cruella (my wife) has insisted her girls should get dancing lessons in case they are invited to Summer Balls. More of this nonsense later, on with the gardening.

28th April 2026. Things I have been doing lately:

• Deadheading and tidying early flowerers
• Preparing my Chilli’s for summer
• Dealing with dancing chicken damage

Deaheading and tidying early flowerers. By now all the early Spring plants have gone over and it’s time to tidy up plants such as Daffodils, Iris, Ice plants and even Mother in Laws Tongues.

Starting with Daffodils. By now you should have completely cut off all the seed heads and your plants will be looking like the ones in the photos below.

The key to success for next year’s bulbs is to let the foliage die completely back and go brown. Do not cut it off and definitely do not tie it in a knot. By doing this you are allowing the plant to transfer the goodness from its foliage back down into the bulb.

With Iris both Spanish and Dutch should now be fully spent and you need to deadhead them to stop them spending their energy making seed. With Iris you need to cut off the spent flower at the point in the stem where you can see a distinct narrowing. In addition to cutting off the seed head, do not be tempted to cut back the mass of foliage. See photos below.

By now your Ice Plants (Aizoaceae) will have flowered freely for two or three months. With Ice Plants it is best not to deadhead individual stems as it will just take too long. Instead wait till they have all flowered and then get out your shears and just shear off all the flowers. Try not to cut too far into the green foliage and with a bit of luck you should get another full flowering this autumn and sometimes before. The photos below show my Ice Plants ready for their annual trim and the final trim back.

Another in the tidying up stakes is Mother in Laws Tongue (Dracaena trifasciata) which is usually ready for a tidy up this time of year. This plant is popular in Spain as it is unfussy and will happily spread through underground runners. The only problem with it is if left to its own it can begin to look a bit scruffy. The photo below shows my plant looking a bit of a scruff.

The first thing to do when clearing this plant is to trying pulling at all the dry brown stems and many will come away easily. For those that don’t you will need to get a good sharp gardening knife and go down to the base of each stem to where it’s attaches to the runner and cut these off at ground level. The photos below show my trusty old gardening knife (over 30 years old), followed by where to cut and finally the cleared plant.

Finally climbing roses need as much dead wood cut out as possible. I find it is almost impossible to find deadwood on climbing roses over winter. I get fed up scraping branch after branch to discover if there is green beneath. Instead, I find it is better to wait until the plant begins to leaf up and blossom and then it is easy to identify the dead branches and these can be cut out. The photos below show the untangling and cutting out of dead branches. Make sure you wear gloves as blood will be spilled.

Preparing Chillis for summer. For those of you who took my advice and cutback and repotted last years Chilli plants, now is the time to repot them to larger pots for their summer growth. All of my Chillis apart from one successfully overwintered and are now read y to burst into life. The photo below shows the healthy survivors in their winter pots.

Like many plants Chillis do not like their roots to be disturbed too much so it is better to use the in-pot filling method shown in the photos below. This approach minimises any root disturbance and shock and ensure the plants will produce fruit more quickly.

The photo below shows my Chillis just a couple of weeks later. As you can see they are already flowering and soon I will be harvesting Chillis.

Dealing with dancing chicken damage. Cruella (my wife) has decided that her girls could have a career in show business, but not in what she calls the “common” shows like Britains Got Talent, but more in the Royal Command Performance type of thing. To this end she has declared that they are forming a dance troupe – I keep spelling it troop and she gets really mad.

To this end they have been having dancing lessons in the garden for the past few weeks. This mainly involves them holding on to a tree or low wall and doing strange knee bending moves by slowly lowering their bums to the ground, then striking out dramatically with one foot. Cruella assures me this is their “barre” exercises and that the knee bending is their Pliès followed by Frappès.

The upshot of all this dancing is that they are digging up the membrane under my gravelled areas as they perform their barre exercises. Some of the damage can be seen in the photos below followed by a typical dance class in action.

I have spent hours wandering round with a rake pulling gravel back into position, but no matter how hard I work the garden is beginning to look like the Somme battlefield. I finally convinced Cruella (my wife) that a classier option would be to teach her girls traditional dancing. Such as dancing round the Maypole etc. I am pleased to say that they now spend their time spinning around in circles under my trees attached to bits of string. The photos below show a typical rehearsal.

Do you live in #Minnesota #MN ?

Did you also get a mailer from https://lovetocompost.com/ ?

Have you already looked into it? I've got it on my agenda to do so this evening, and I'll share what I learn here, but if anyone has already done so and can save me the effort, please share what you've learned below for others.

#composting #sustainability

Do you live in #Minnesota #MN ?

Did you also get a mailer from https://lovetocompost.com/ ?

Have you already looked into it? I've got it on my agenda to do so this evening, and I'll share what I learn here, but if anyone has already done so and can save me the effort, please share what you've learned below for others.

#composting #sustainability

Do you live in #Minnesota #MN ?

Did you also get a mailer from https://lovetocompost.com/ ?

Have you already looked into it? I've got it on my agenda to do so this evening, and I'll share what I learn here, but if anyone has already done so and can save me the effort, please share what you've learned below for others.

#composting #sustainability

Do you live in #Minnesota #MN ?

Did you also get a mailer from https://lovetocompost.com/ ?

Have you already looked into it? I've got it on my agenda to do so this evening, and I'll share what I learn here, but if anyone has already done so and can save me the effort, please share what you've learned below for others.

#composting #sustainability

Alrighty then... After all that gardening (in between posts), I'm beat! I learned a lot this #SolarPunkSunday ! Thanks to everyone who chimed in, and especially @MaQuest and @BrambleBearSnoring ! Join us next week for more #Composting, #RepairCafes, #Rewilding, and related topics! I'll be re-posting and boosting some earlier SPS posts for a bit before having dinner and shifting gears. Let's continue to make every day #EarthDay (and most of you do!). Keep up the great work! 🍃 💚 🌍

#InternationalCompostAwarenessWeek #Australia

#BetterSoil, #BetterLife, #BetterFuture

Sunday 3 May – Saturday 9 May 2026

"International Compost Awareness Week Australia (#ICAW), is a week of activities, events and publicity to improve awareness of the importance of #compost, a valuable #organic resource and to promote compost use, knowledge and products. We can compost to help scrap carbon pollution by avoiding landfilling organic materials and helping to build healthier soils.

ICAW Australia is an initiative of the Centre for Organic Research & Education (#CORE), a not-for-profit organisation conducting year round organic research, education and awareness activities.

CORE also organises #NationalOrganicWeek Australia (NOW).

Within these two programs CORE promotes and manages the key aspects that lead to community change towards organic products and practices."

FMI:
https://www.compostweek.com.au/

#SolarPunkSunday #Composting #OrganicGardening #BuildHealthierSoils #SoilHealth #Resiliency

#InternationalCompostAwarenessWeek #Australia

#BetterSoil, #BetterLife, #BetterFuture

Sunday 3 May – Saturday 9 May 2026

"International Compost Awareness Week Australia (#ICAW), is a week of activities, events and publicity to improve awareness of the importance of #compost, a valuable #organic resource and to promote compost use, knowledge and products. We can compost to help scrap carbon pollution by avoiding landfilling organic materials and helping to build healthier soils.

ICAW Australia is an initiative of the Centre for Organic Research & Education (#CORE), a not-for-profit organisation conducting year round organic research, education and awareness activities.

CORE also organises #NationalOrganicWeek Australia (NOW).

Within these two programs CORE promotes and manages the key aspects that lead to community change towards organic products and practices."

FMI:
https://www.compostweek.com.au/

#SolarPunkSunday #Composting #OrganicGardening #BuildHealthierSoils #SoilHealth #Resiliency

#ClimateResilient #Gardening: Stories and Examples

Growing food #locally is a #ClimateChange solution

Updated: April 1, 2026

"How are #Maryland gardeners adapting their #gardens and #GreenSpaces to climate change? We posed this question to our colleagues in the University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and they shared examples of everything from #composting and food gardening to #PlantingTrees and #NativePlants, installing #RainGardens, and more!

"Action on climate change is needed on a large scale, and our individual daily actions add up also. Check out these stories and take our quick poll at the end. Tell us how you're doing climate-resilient gardening!"

Learn more:
https://extension.umd.edu/resource/climate-resilient-gardening-stories-and-examples/

#SolarPunkSunday #LocalFood #BuyLocal #GrowYourOwnFood #GYO #Gardening #GardeningChallenges #ClimateChangeGardening

#ClimateResilient #Gardening: Stories and Examples

Growing food #locally is a #ClimateChange solution

Updated: April 1, 2026

"How are #Maryland gardeners adapting their #gardens and #GreenSpaces to climate change? We posed this question to our colleagues in the University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and they shared examples of everything from #composting and food gardening to #PlantingTrees and #NativePlants, installing #RainGardens, and more!

"Action on climate change is needed on a large scale, and our individual daily actions add up also. Check out these stories and take our quick poll at the end. Tell us how you're doing climate-resilient gardening!"

Learn more:
https://extension.umd.edu/resource/climate-resilient-gardening-stories-and-examples/

#SolarPunkSunday #LocalFood #BuyLocal #GrowYourOwnFood #GYO #Gardening #GardeningChallenges #ClimateChangeGardening

#ClimateResilient #Gardening: Stories and Examples

Growing food #locally is a #ClimateChange solution

Updated: April 1, 2026

"How are #Maryland gardeners adapting their #gardens and #GreenSpaces to climate change? We posed this question to our colleagues in the University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and they shared examples of everything from #composting and food gardening to #PlantingTrees and #NativePlants, installing #RainGardens, and more!

"Action on climate change is needed on a large scale, and our individual daily actions add up also. Check out these stories and take our quick poll at the end. Tell us how you're doing climate-resilient gardening!"

Learn more:
https://extension.umd.edu/resource/climate-resilient-gardening-stories-and-examples/

#SolarPunkSunday #LocalFood #BuyLocal #GrowYourOwnFood #GYO #Gardening #GardeningChallenges #ClimateChangeGardening

#ClimateResilient #Gardening: Stories and Examples

Growing food #locally is a #ClimateChange solution

Updated: April 1, 2026

"How are #Maryland gardeners adapting their #gardens and #GreenSpaces to climate change? We posed this question to our colleagues in the University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and they shared examples of everything from #composting and food gardening to #PlantingTrees and #NativePlants, installing #RainGardens, and more!

"Action on climate change is needed on a large scale, and our individual daily actions add up also. Check out these stories and take our quick poll at the end. Tell us how you're doing climate-resilient gardening!"

Learn more:
https://extension.umd.edu/resource/climate-resilient-gardening-stories-and-examples/

#SolarPunkSunday #LocalFood #BuyLocal #GrowYourOwnFood #GYO #Gardening #GardeningChallenges #ClimateChangeGardening

#ClimateResilient #Gardening: Stories and Examples

Growing food #locally is a #ClimateChange solution

Updated: April 1, 2026

"How are #Maryland gardeners adapting their #gardens and #GreenSpaces to climate change? We posed this question to our colleagues in the University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and they shared examples of everything from #composting and food gardening to #PlantingTrees and #NativePlants, installing #RainGardens, and more!

"Action on climate change is needed on a large scale, and our individual daily actions add up also. Check out these stories and take our quick poll at the end. Tell us how you're doing climate-resilient gardening!"

Learn more:
https://extension.umd.edu/resource/climate-resilient-gardening-stories-and-examples/

#SolarPunkSunday #LocalFood #BuyLocal #GrowYourOwnFood #GYO #Gardening #GardeningChallenges #ClimateChangeGardening

Gary Pilarchik: It’s Tomato Time – Planting & Care Tips (Vegetable Gardening Live Monthly Questions & Answers E-75) https://www.allforgardening.com/1729377/gary-pilarchik-its-tomato-time-planting-care-tips-vegetable-gardening-live-monthly-questions-answers-e-75-2/ #composting #gardening #GaryPilarchik #GrowFood #GrowingFood #homestead #homesteading #organic #SelfSufficiency #SelfSufficient #sustainable #TheRustedGarden #VegetableGardening #VLog

It’s Tomato Time – Planting & Care Tips (Vegetable Gardening Live Monthly Questions & Answers E-75) https://www.diningandcooking.com/2612361/its-tomato-time-planting-care-tips-vegetable-gardening-live-monthly-questions-answers-e-75/ #composting #Gardening #GrowFood #GrowingFood #homestead #homesteading #organic #SelfSufficient #SelfSufficiency #sustainable #VegetableGarden #VegetableGardenVideos #VegetableGardening #VegetableGardeningVideos

Disconcerting: only 11 percent compliance with #composting in #ParkSlope, and ironically this is highest rate in the borough #brooklyn

April Seed Germination Dates | Seed Starting Guide | Sustainable Vegetable Gardening https://www.allforgardening.com/1717413/april-seed-germination-dates-seed-starting-guide-sustainable-vegetable-gardening/ ##lifeEcoGardening #AirLayering #AprilSeedGerminationDate's #BackyardGarden #BalconyGarden #CaribbeanGardening #composting #GardenCalendar #GardenTools #gardening #GraftingTips #GrowYourOwnGarden #HomeGardening #IndoorPlants #NaturalFertilizer #PestControl #PlantingZones #pruning #SowingSeeds #SustainableGardening #TropicalGardening #TypesOfSoil #VegetableGardening #WateringTips

April Seed Germination Dates | Seed Starting Guide | Sustainable Vegetable Gardening https://www.allforgardening.com/1717413/april-seed-germination-dates-seed-starting-guide-sustainable-vegetable-gardening/ ##lifeEcoGardening #AirLayering #AprilSeedGerminationDate's #BackyardGarden #BalconyGarden #CaribbeanGardening #composting #GardenCalendar #GardenTools #gardening #GraftingTips #GrowYourOwnGarden #HomeGardening #IndoorPlants #NaturalFertilizer #PestControl #PlantingZones #pruning #SowingSeeds #SustainableGardening #TropicalGardening #TypesOfSoil #VegetableGardening #WateringTips

Dug a new weed pit at my allotment this morning. The victims spend a week or so drying out, then get buried. I've been doing this for years and the soil is slowly getting better. #allotment #gardening #weeds #weeding #composting #soil

Dug a new weed pit at my allotment this morning. The victims spend a week or so drying out, then get buried. I've been doing this for years and the soil is slowly getting better. #allotment #gardening #weeds #weeding #composting #soil

Dug a new weed pit at my allotment this morning. The victims spend a week or so drying out, then get buried. I've been doing this for years and the soil is slowly getting better. #allotment #gardening #weeds #weeding #composting #soil

Dug a new weed pit at my allotment this morning. The victims spend a week or so drying out, then get buried. I've been doing this for years and the soil is slowly getting better. #allotment #gardening #weeds #weeding #composting #soil

Planting Cucumbers & Squash (Vegetable Gardening Live Monthly Questions & Answers E-74) https://www.diningandcooking.com/2592884/planting-cucumbers-squash-vegetable-gardening-live-monthly-questions-answers-e-74/ #composting #Gardening #GrowFood #GrowingFood #homestead #homesteading #organic #SelfSufficient #SelfSufficiency #sustainable #VegetableGarden #VegetableGardenVideos #VegetableGardening #VegetableGardeningVideos

#RockportME - KLSWCD Booth at #RockportLibrary’s #SeedFest

Saturday, April 11, 2026
9:30 AM to 12:00 PM

Rockport Public Library (lower level)
1 Limerock Street
Rockport, ME, 04856 United States

"Join #KnoxLincoln SWCD at the The #RockportPublicLibrary’s second annual SEED FEST on Saturday, April 11. This free, family-friendly event will take place on the upper and lower levels of the library. From 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., visitors can browse educational exhibits and activities covering #SeedStarting, #pollinators, #SoilHealth, #composting, #nativePlants, #HeirloomVegetables, growing #rice and grains in #Maine, #Wabanaki #FoodSovereignty, and much more! Knox-Lincoln SWCD will provide test kits and other information to help visitors better comprehend and work with the soil at their homes."

https://www.knox-lincoln.org/events-workshops/seed-fest-2026

#SolarPunkSunday #BuildingCommunity
#GrowYourOwnFood #GYO #IndigenousFoodSovereignty
#LibrariesRule #MaineEvents #WabanakiFoodSovereignty #SoilIsLife

Gah. Listening to a town meeting where folks are complaining about the cost of trash removal from #EcoMaine. THEN RECYCLE AND COMPOST MORE! At least my neighbor is the voice of reason (We all have backyards. Why aren't we all composting our food waste?")

#TownPolitics #MainePol #Compost #Composting

Gary Pilarchik: It’s Tomato Time – Planting & Care Tips (Vegetable Gardening Live Monthly Questions & Answers E-75) https://www.allforgardening.com/1691232/gary-pilarchik-its-tomato-time-planting-care-tips-vegetable-gardening-live-monthly-questions-answers-e-75/ #composting #gardening #GaryPilarchik #GrowFood #GrowingFood #homestead #homesteading #organic #SelfSufficiency #SelfSufficient #sustainable #TheRustedGarden #VegetableGardening #VLog

Gardeners told to leave ripped up teabags in garden in April https://www.allforgardening.com/1690690/gardeners-told-to-leave-ripped-up-teabags-in-garden-in-april/ #compost #composting #garden #gardening #tea #teabags

#UK - '#FoodWaste could help our farmers'

Maisie Olah, 22 March 2026

"A Labour MP has said a new weekly food waste recycling service could help #farmers, by turning food waste into #fertiliser.

"Mary Creagh, MP for #Coventry East, said taking food waste out of black bins and putting it 'into #anaerobic digestion to create #digestate fertiliser' will help farmers due to fertiliser prices soaring because of 'conditions in the Middle East'.

"Coventry City Council will introduce a new weekly food waste recycling service for households in September - five months after the government's deadline.

"Twenty-three litre food caddies will be distributed to residents and will be collected five days a week, leaving other bins to be collected on different days of the week."

Learn more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ceqw5py4qz3o

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/AdTFc

#SolarPunkSunday #UK #Composting #AnaerobicComposting #Fertilizer #Compost

#RockportME - 2nd Annual SEED FEST

April 11 @ 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM

"The #RockportPublicLibrary will host its second annual SEED FEST on Saturday, April 11. This free, family-friendly event will take place on the upper and lower levels of the library. From 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., visitors can browse educational exhibits and activities covering #SeedStarting, #pollinators, #SoilHealth, #Composting, #NativePlants, #HeirloomVegetables, growing #rice and #grains in #Maine, #Wabanaki #FoodSovereignty, and much more!

"At 12:30 p.m., Petra Page-Mann of #FruitionSeeds will deliver an interactive keynote presentation. Page-Mann and her nonprofit seed company are strong advocates of 'gift culture,' which involves giving away seeds to promote food cultivation and community building. This ethos aligns perfectly with the theme of SEED FEST.

"The event is generously sponsored by the Rockport Library Foundation and is organized in partnership with several organizations, listed alphabetically: Herbal Hummingbird Hub, Knox Lincoln County Beekeepers, Knox-Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation District, Maine Grains and Maine Grain Alliance, Maine Heirloom Seed Network, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association [#MOFGA], #MaineRiceProject at Ararat Farms, #MerryspringNatureCenter, #Niweskok: From the Stars to Seeds, Roots n Shoots, #UMaineCooperativeExtension, and #WildSeedProject.

"The exhibiting partners will provide valuable information, hands-on activities, items for sale, and an abundance of free seeds and seedlings. Additionally, #midcoast artist Katharine Cartwright’s beautiful #BotanicalPaintings will be showcased in the library’s lower level for a month-long exhibition titled 'In My Garden.' "

FMI:
https://www.rockportlibrary.net/event/2nd-annual-seed-fest/

#SolarPunkSunday #BuildingCommunity #GrowYourOwnFood #GYO #IndigenousFoodSovereignty #FoodSovereignty #LibrariesRule #SeedFest #WabanakiFoodSovereignty #SoilIsLife

#RockportME - 2nd Annual SEED FEST

April 11 @ 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM

"The #RockportPublicLibrary will host its second annual SEED FEST on Saturday, April 11. This free, family-friendly event will take place on the upper and lower levels of the library. From 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., visitors can browse educational exhibits and activities covering #SeedStarting, #pollinators, #SoilHealth, #Composting, #NativePlants, #HeirloomVegetables, growing #rice and #grains in #Maine, #Wabanaki #FoodSovereignty, and much more!

"At 12:30 p.m., Petra Page-Mann of #FruitionSeeds will deliver an interactive keynote presentation. Page-Mann and her nonprofit seed company are strong advocates of 'gift culture,' which involves giving away seeds to promote food cultivation and community building. This ethos aligns perfectly with the theme of SEED FEST.

"The event is generously sponsored by the Rockport Library Foundation and is organized in partnership with several organizations, listed alphabetically: Herbal Hummingbird Hub, Knox Lincoln County Beekeepers, Knox-Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation District, Maine Grains and Maine Grain Alliance, Maine Heirloom Seed Network, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association [#MOFGA], #MaineRiceProject at Ararat Farms, #MerryspringNatureCenter, #Niweskok: From the Stars to Seeds, Roots n Shoots, #UMaineCooperativeExtension, and #WildSeedProject.

"The exhibiting partners will provide valuable information, hands-on activities, items for sale, and an abundance of free seeds and seedlings. Additionally, #midcoast artist Katharine Cartwright’s beautiful #BotanicalPaintings will be showcased in the library’s lower level for a month-long exhibition titled 'In My Garden.' "

FMI:
https://www.rockportlibrary.net/event/2nd-annual-seed-fest/

#SolarPunkSunday #BuildingCommunity #GrowYourOwnFood #GYO #IndigenousFoodSovereignty #FoodSovereignty #LibrariesRule #SeedFest #WabanakiFoodSovereignty #SoilIsLife

#RockportME - 2nd Annual SEED FEST

April 11 @ 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM

"The #RockportPublicLibrary will host its second annual SEED FEST on Saturday, April 11. This free, family-friendly event will take place on the upper and lower levels of the library. From 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., visitors can browse educational exhibits and activities covering #SeedStarting, #pollinators, #SoilHealth, #Composting, #NativePlants, #HeirloomVegetables, growing #rice and #grains in #Maine, #Wabanaki #FoodSovereignty, and much more!

"At 12:30 p.m., Petra Page-Mann of #FruitionSeeds will deliver an interactive keynote presentation. Page-Mann and her nonprofit seed company are strong advocates of 'gift culture,' which involves giving away seeds to promote food cultivation and community building. This ethos aligns perfectly with the theme of SEED FEST.

"The event is generously sponsored by the Rockport Library Foundation and is organized in partnership with several organizations, listed alphabetically: Herbal Hummingbird Hub, Knox Lincoln County Beekeepers, Knox-Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation District, Maine Grains and Maine Grain Alliance, Maine Heirloom Seed Network, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association [#MOFGA], #MaineRiceProject at Ararat Farms, #MerryspringNatureCenter, #Niweskok: From the Stars to Seeds, Roots n Shoots, #UMaineCooperativeExtension, and #WildSeedProject.

"The exhibiting partners will provide valuable information, hands-on activities, items for sale, and an abundance of free seeds and seedlings. Additionally, #midcoast artist Katharine Cartwright’s beautiful #BotanicalPaintings will be showcased in the library’s lower level for a month-long exhibition titled 'In My Garden.' "

FMI:
https://www.rockportlibrary.net/event/2nd-annual-seed-fest/

#SolarPunkSunday #BuildingCommunity #GrowYourOwnFood #GYO #IndigenousFoodSovereignty #FoodSovereignty #LibrariesRule #SeedFest #WabanakiFoodSovereignty #SoilIsLife