How I Set-up Compost Bin and Vermicompost Production at My Sister’s Household
Step-by-step preparation of bin and vermi composters, with photos, using materials available at my sister’s household, to convert waste into fertilizer.
Step-by-step preparation of bin and vermi composters, with photos, using materials available at my sister’s household, to convert waste into fertilizer.
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…
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…