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Showing posts with label Compost and Recycling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Compost and Recycling. Show all posts
Thursday, April 4, 2019

Coffee Grounds and Gardening

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Coffee grounds are a great addition to the garden and compost pile. Help to recycle this great organic resource and reduce the amount...
Sunday, April 22, 2018

Go Green(er) on Earth Day!

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It's Earth Day - what better time to consider ways to go green(er) in your own landscape? Here are six simple steps to get starte...
Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Top 2018 New Year’s Resolutions for a Great Garden in Colorado by Carol King

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Photo Wikipedia Commons Having a thriving garden in Colorado can be a challenge with our erratic, weather, water restrictions, and heav...
Friday, December 8, 2017

Easy Tricks for Pretty Treats by Carrie Garczynski

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Photo by Carrie Garczynski We all have pumpkins this time of year – either for decoration or degustation. Instead of tossing or befor...
Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Vermaculture or Composting With Worms Videos

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Vermiculture or vermacomposting is the cultivation of worms, using food scraps and produce a great soil amendment...
Sunday, February 22, 2015

Hügelkultur – Who knew? Composting Process Using Raised Beds! By Audrey Stokes

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Raised bed gardening using hugelkultur photo Open Hand Foundation Used for centuries in Eastern Europe and Germany, (in German it trans...
Thursday, January 1, 2015

Christmas Tree Recycling by Donna Duffy

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That lovely, fragrant cut tree you bought weeks ago has probably seen better days by now. It’s time to get it out of the house! Followi...
Sunday, October 12, 2014

Dreaming of Compost By Joyce D’Agostino

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Since keeping our garden soils healthy and amended is always recommended, I had on my wish list a composter. Previously I had done some min...
Tuesday, September 30, 2014

The Great Pumpkin Recycle by Keith Rabin

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Photo courtesy treehugger.com This year, consider doing something beneficial, fun and productive with your pumpkins instead of relega...
Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Caution on Compost . . . Can It Be Too Much of a Good Thing? by Patti O'Neal

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Amend, amend, and amend.  It is the mantra we all chant when managing our Colorado soils.  We here at CSU are constantly recommending t...
Monday, November 4, 2013

Autumn Composting-Seize the Moment! by Mark Woltkamp

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Photo by Carol King As avid and dedicated gardeners, we all spent this year’s spring and summer seasons working diligently to create na...
Thursday, October 27, 2011

Sustainable Pets by Amanda Dowdy

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Labbit the Rabbit! There are many joys involved with pet ownership, but I was overjoyed this summer when I realized one of my pets can...
Monday, October 24, 2011

Recipe for Christmas Compost by Mari Hackbarth

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Think you can’t compost in winter?  Think again.  Vermicomposting (worm composting) can be done year ‘round, even at the North Pole.  Worm...
Friday, September 16, 2011

Green Manuring By Grace Olson

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    Once when I was in early high school my mother asked me to take my old Toyota pickup and drive to a local dairy farmer to buy some man...
Monday, August 15, 2011

Garden Weed Management: Using Pulled Weeds for Mulch

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Pile of Bindweed. Use as Mulch? Think Again! Andrea Cummins, Extension Agent at neighboring CSU Douglas County Extension, has this to...
Saturday, August 13, 2011

Herbicide Carryover: From Digestive Tract to Your Garden

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Herbicide Carryover Injury Considering getting manure from your local farmer for your garden?  Dear gardener, you might want to be ca...
Wednesday, July 20, 2011

How To Make a Worm Farm With Your Kids by Jill Knussmann

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Jeffco Extension 4H Cloverbuds  Show Off Wormerys! In the dog days of summer, take a step into the cool shade to do a project with the k...
Friday, March 25, 2011

Steamin' Compost by Elaine Lockey

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A tumbler-style compost bin  While visiting the Rooney Road Recycling Center this winter I happened to see a rather prehistoric-looking v...
Wednesday, March 9, 2011

“Non compost mentis” by Gardener Dave

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I don’t abhor most garden chores, not even the raking of leaves But there’s one thing I do not do It’s one of my favorite peeves Organi...
Friday, November 5, 2010

What to do with all those leaves? by Donna Duffy

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We have had weeks to enjoy the beautiful fall foliage, and now we have to figure out what to do with all those leaves carpeting the law...