Re: veggie-digest Digest V100 #27
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I'm not sure if Nature's Black Gold is just plain compost or if it's worm
castings. Either way, you'll want to combine high carbon "brown"
ingredients like shredded newspaper, dried leaves, straw etc. with high
nitrogen ingredients "green ingredients" like kitchen scraps, fresh grass
cuttings, weeds etc. Try to combine them so that the pile is not too dry
and not too wet, just right...
Layering helps as does adding a bit of soil to introduce microbes and worms
to help break everything down.
It would help to know what kind of ingredients you have access to in order
to give you better recommendation as to ratios of brown to green.
Arzeena
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----- Original Message -----
From: Dawn Y Lenon <Dawn.Y.Lenon@Cummins.com>
To: <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 4:58 AM
Subject: Re: veggie-digest Digest V100 #27
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> Does anyone out there have a good way to make NATURE'S BLACK GOLD? I live
in
> the City (Zone 6), but own my own home. I would like to know if it can be
made
> in a "garbage can"? What do I put in? How do I take care of it? I had
my
> first garden last year, and with the help of this list grew wonderful
veggies.
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> Can anyone help me with this??
> Dawn
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