Plant Gardens 101

You’ve seen them on countless homes but never really gave s second thought to planter boxes. As a symbol of Southern charm, these compact containers provide compact gardens to more than just quaint little houses out in the country. For example:

Scenario 1: Jessica lives in a sky rise apartment in the big city. Not only does she not have a backyard or garden space, but she is also on the 30th floor.

Scenario 2: Matthew has a condo in the suburbs and a decent size front lawn. The problem is, the front of his home faces West and so he only receives the weak, late day sunshine, which is not strong enough for the sun-seeking plants he prefers. (more…)

Any gardener or keen vegetable grower really should have heard about the urban compost tumbler.
Without doubt they are the absolute best way to make quality compost in as short a time as possible. We can make a fantastic crumbly mix in only two to three weeks with these fantastic machines. So how exactly do they do it?

Well, at the heart of the system is the tumbling action. This really is what makes it all work, and work so effectively. We will either rotate the drum manually or turn a handle which rotates or tumbles the drum. This really is what makes the compost tumbler so efficient. This action chops up everything very small which makes the compost process work as fast as possible. Then this tumbling will also evenly distribute the heat so that the whole barrel has an even temperature. By doing this we ensure that all the contents turn in to good compost at the same time.

This certainly does not happen on a conventional compost heap. (more…)