Growing up in a small town in the Philippines, we always used urine as organic fertilizer. We had a chamber pot (“urinola” in Ilonggo dialect) in our bedroom, and my siblings and I used it in the evening. In the morning, the urine is poured over the garden soil. Today, how do we collect urine…
I learned this garden soil amendment recipe from Mr. Jojo Rom in his manual, “Urban Container Gardening: A home farming manual”. All errors and omissions are mine, however. 2 parts coco peat or rice hull or semi composted sawdust 1 part dry and sieved ordinary soil (no stones, pebbles, and other impurities) 1/2 part vermi…
Step-by-step guide (with photos) how to prepare “waste” paper as food for African Night Crawler (ANC) worms, that will convert paper into organic fertilizer. Read on!
Vermicompost or worm castings (vermicast) organic fertilizer is “black gold”, and I found it extremely helpful in organic gardening. I’m sharing learnings from my hands-on experience of making vermicompost of 5 years, in the hope that we could reduce our garbage and produce natural foods from biodegradable kitchen wastes. I started learning how to make…
Vermicompost or worm castings (vermicast) organic fertilizer is “black gold”, and I found it extremely helpful in organic gardening. I’m sharing learnings from my hands-on experience of making vermicompost of 5 years, in the hope that we could reduce our garbage and produce natural foods from biodegradable kitchen wastes. I started learning how to make…
Congratulations for making an effort to start organic gardening! I’ve been doing organic gardening for 5 years now in Bacolod City, and I’ll share with you valuable inputs I learned throughout those years. Here goes: Educate yourself. Here are the websites that have helped me: Facebook Page of Perfecto Jojo Rom. Be sure to check…
We are composting our kitchen wastes using the compost bin, as recommended by master urban container gardener Mr. Jojo Rom. I used to compost in a pit but the rats and flies came. With the covered compost bin, we avoid these pests; I will also use leachate from the compost as ingredient to organic fertilizer…
