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I will be building a new compost pile today using fresh seaweed. I used the C:N calculator to try to determine how much brown leaves, fresh (rinsed and chopped) sea weed, and horse manure to use. I used cow manure at 17 for the kelp. Does anyone have
I am trying to get 5 different types of compost for Mel's Mix. Would this mix be okay? Cow manure, chicken manure, mushroom compost, bat guano, worm castings or kelp if I can't get the castings?
This is a place where you can order lots of cool items, it's called Rootnaturally.com and here is what they have: Earth Worm Castings Azomite Rock Dust Humic Acid Kelp Meal Jiffy 7 Peat Pellets D.E. or Diatomaceous Earth Compost Tea
I've been told that tomato plants like calcium. I bought some cheap antacid tablets at the Dollar Store and put a few in with my tomato plants. So far, they seem to like it. Anyone else tried this?
We're going to the coast tomorrow where there should be some washed-up seaweed. If we can legally collect it, I would like to try to make a small bag worth of kelp meal. Has anyone dried and ground sea weed/kelp for the garden?
I have a compost pile(I'm about to transfer it to a bin I'm making) and I'm just wondering how difficult it'll really be to compost through the winter. Winters can get really cold here. If the weather gets too cold to effectively compost, I'm thinking tha