http://factoidz.com/experts-in/composting/ composting articles on Factoidz en-us http://factoidz.com/do-your-part-turn-your-uneaten-food-to-usable-compost/ http://factoidz.com/do-your-part-turn-your-uneaten-food-to-usable-compost/ Billions upon billions of pounds of food waste every year are thrown away with the regular garbage pick up. This puts a tremendous strain on not only our environment but our wallets to pay people to come pick it up and hail it off to a local landfill. All is not lost though. You can do your part ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:29 CST composting http://factoidz.com/images/p/default-17.jpg http://factoidz.com/vermicomposting-for-beginners/ http://factoidz.com/vermicomposting-for-beginners/ Vermicompost is a great all natural fertilizer that you can make, even in your own kitchen.  Vermicompost consists of the waste (castings) created by earthworms as they eat your leftover food scraps, plant trimmings, cardboard, and newspaper.  Vermicompost setups range from cheap to expensive, mai... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:29 CST composting http://factoidz.com/wp-content/themes/gabtheme/images/vermicomposting-for-beginners.jpg http://factoidz.com/worm-casings-your-garden-composting-solution/ http://factoidz.com/worm-casings-your-garden-composting-solution/ Every year in late winter I start my tomato, cucumbers and peppers from seeds in a small green house. A few years ago my neighbor noticed me setting two hundred round peat pots in... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:28 CST composting http://factoidz.com/wp-content/themes/gabtheme/images/worm-casings-your-garden-composting-solution.jpg http://factoidz.com/composting-how-to-do-it/ http://factoidz.com/composting-how-to-do-it/ What is compost? Compost is the product of any rotted organic material. The rotting plant materials contain nitrogen and carbon, and in a confined space they mix with oxygen to become compost. It is the microorganisms in the waste that works to break down the material. After all nitrogen in the comp... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:28 CST composting http://factoidz.com/wp-content/themes/gabtheme/images/composting-how-to-do-it.jpg