Composting / bins

282K views · 6.2K reactions | Keyhole gardening is a sustainable gardening technique that originates from Africa. It involves building a raised bed from any surrounding materials you can find. A compost is created in the centre which slowly leaches out its goodness and feeds and nourishes the surrounding impoverished soil. It’s called Keyhole Gardening because the raised bed is circular with a section cut out of it, leading to the centre. The shape resembles the shape of a keyhole. The...

2.7K views · 759 reactions | USING WHAT YOU HAVE My biggest tip down below👇🏼 Yes, you can use a 5 gallon bucket or other materials but I bet you have cardboard readily available and since you probably do, you can start burying your compost today! Why spend money where you don’t have to, y’know. Start now - Upgrade later. My biggest tip when burying is: keep your compost moist & covered. Especially during the peak of summer. Beneficial decomposers don’t like ‘dry’ soil, they move best...

395K views · 27K reactions | Don’t throw away cardboard 📦 Reuse it in your garden 🌿 Cardboard can have a second life in your garden but make sure to reuse the right ones. I use cardboard that are dye-free (no ink) without wax coating. Remove all labels & tapes. You can look for a stamp on the cardboard indicating it is 100% compostable and/or 100% recycled. 📦 Mulch : Use Cardboard without ink. Remove tapes & labels, cut into small pieces and put on top of your soil. It will protect...

256K views · 5.8K reactions | Easy Amazing Compost! | Easy Amazing Compost! | By Anne of All Trades | So, I'm going to make two stalls using these pallets. These two stalls will be on either side and then, I'll just put a pallet in the back in the middle to sturdy the whole structure up. I'm going to add a couple of scraps from the school build and we'll get this thing nice and strong. These are not the most efficient shears and had I thought about that, I would have brought those down...

181K views · 1.3K reactions | 14_🔨 DIY COMPOST BINS! 🔨 When it comes to making great compost, airflow is one of the most important ingredients, meaning old pallets make the perfect compost bins! Compost bins don’t ha | Simon & Charlotte | Switch Disco · Everything

2.7K views · 138 reactions | Let’s Make a DIY Pallet Compost Bay System! I found these pallets at a local distribution center that was going to throw them away. So I decided to give them a second life and build a new compost bay system. Some tips for finding the right pallets. 1. Look for HT which means heat treated. They are typically kiln dried for longevity rather than being pressure treated with chemicals that you probably don’t want in your garden. Stay away from blue colored...