The Shrewd Gardener

For Clever Gardeners Everywhere

Avoiding slimy compost

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

The ideal is to be able to make one’s own lovely compost to feed the garden. This isn’t always so straightforward as you need to get the proportions right and get the correct micro-organisms to help you.
Composting is a complex process where different families of microbes get their nutrients from the contents of the compost [...]