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I just culled most of a mixed cover crop that got away from me a bit, so now I have a rather substantial pile of brassica stalks to...

Over the course of the year I add many thin sprinklings of coffee grounds to the rhododendrons, blueberries, and raspberries-- basically...

@Branching Out, I used to dump my coffee grounds in a used ice cream plastic tub with a handle and dump it in my garden. Stopped doing...

I agree. This is a 20 ft long double bin, 8 ft wide. Each 10ft. Section has a movable divider that allows me to flip it from one to the...

So a while back I said that I don't turn my compost, but I am having to dial that one back a bit. Today was warm enough to be out in...

Mice and rats can chew through anything, even plastic. Our shop vacuum has a hole in the top now. I guess a mouse was looking for a...

If your leaves had been LIMED, the rats wouldn't have like them so well. :sick:lol:

You are so right. I may have been caught up in how beautiful the dry fall leaves looked when I used them to top off the compost bin...

I found a different place to dump soiled bedding this winter, so as to keep one area free for compost excavation. Last year's stall dump...

as long as they can't push it up and go around it they should not be able to get through. you may need to make sure it is the proper...

We have three black plastic compost bins, and in the winter it is so difficult to keep rats out of them. Part of this was a mistake on...

My compost bin is an old tank that once held spray foam. It was a pain to clean out, but then my husband and I welded it to a stand with...

Sometimes you just gotta take what you can get.

:hit Had to resuppy this weekend with MEDIUM pine shavings. It has small shavings in it and THEY don't compost as quickly. :hit