Home and Garden

Are you thinking about trying to create a home composting system?

If you are then you really do need to understand what you can assign to that compost pile and what not to compost. Materials in Compost bins While most homes produce a lot of refuse that is indeed recyclable there are a number of materials that you should never add to any type of compost pile. Knowing the difference between compostable and non-compostable products will make your recycling efforts healthier, happier and more rewarding.

Let’s begin with human and animal waste products.

There are some sites that will give a cautious thumb’s up to dog waste, as long as you compost these types of materials very carefully. Ideally you will pass on the use of any human or dog waste because these types of waste products could very well contain diseases and parasites. If you add these types of contaminants to a compost pile it could infect all of the humus that is being created. (more…)

There may well be a perfect compost ratio green : brown, but compost in any proportions of green and brown will still decompose; it just takes longer. I have a one acre garden and nine compost heaps and none of them is the optimum five feet high. They work fine at just two feet high. I do not measure green and brown ratios either. When I have a bucket of vegetable peelings I throw it on. When I cut the grass I empty the mower’s grass collector onto the compost heap.

I am almost certain that this is what almost everyone in the real world does. I can understand the logic and that higher compost piles reach higher temperatures, but no way am I going to turn over a five foot high, two ton pile of compost in one day.

I even keep my leaves in separate compost bins rather than mixing them in the perfect 50:50 ratio with my mostly green compost. (more…)

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Furnishing a home is one of the most exciting activities anyone can do, check this website to see the options available. New furniture provides a fresh look and rejuvenates any space. That said, if you have children or pets, you understand that the type of furniture you buy is, in part, determined by said children or pets. If you have both children and pets, furnishing your home is often a carefully weighed process of achieving a pet-friendly and child-proof aesthetic with furniture that will prove functional and durable.

Such a middle ground might seem challenging to achieve. In fact, it is understandable if it sounds downright impossible.

1. Quality

Although it might sound odd to recommend purchasing high-quality furniture, well-made furniture is better equipped to handle daily wear and tear. For instance, well-constructed furniture will be able to withstand kids that mistake the couch for a trampoline and pets that assume they are people so you should consider a stylish two seater sofa which also saves space. (more…)