We all know the benefits of creating and maintaining compost piles. Even under the best of intentions, it is easy to start a compost pile and then not turn it often enough. Instead of maintaining compost mounds in your garden, to ultimately be spread around to enrich your soil, what if you could actually just plant directly in your compost heaps?
Chiotsrun.com takes a closer look at Compost Pile Gardening:
"Early this summer, I seeded a zucchini in the pile. It quickly germinated and grew nicely ( I thought about growing pumpkins, but the pile was small and I didn’t want pumpkin vines taking over the garlic patch). We’ve had quite a drought here in Maine this summer, but I refrained from watering this plant. I wanted to see if the compost retained more or less water than the surrounding soil areas. Much to my surprise, the plant is doing amazingly well, producing loads of zucchini and has shown no signs of stress from the dryness.
My idea for this process of compost is to reduce the amount of time spent in some areas to give myself time to focus on other things. If I don’t have to turn a compost pile I can use that time to maintain a larger garden space"
Read the entire article Compost Pile Gardening
Chiotsrun.com takes a closer look at Compost Pile Gardening:
"Early this summer, I seeded a zucchini in the pile. It quickly germinated and grew nicely ( I thought about growing pumpkins, but the pile was small and I didn’t want pumpkin vines taking over the garlic patch). We’ve had quite a drought here in Maine this summer, but I refrained from watering this plant. I wanted to see if the compost retained more or less water than the surrounding soil areas. Much to my surprise, the plant is doing amazingly well, producing loads of zucchini and has shown no signs of stress from the dryness.
My idea for this process of compost is to reduce the amount of time spent in some areas to give myself time to focus on other things. If I don’t have to turn a compost pile I can use that time to maintain a larger garden space"
Read the entire article Compost Pile Gardening
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