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Gardening is simply the practice of cultivating plants. People grow ornamental plants to harvest their flowers, foliage, or to get dyes out of them. They are also grown for their overall appearance.

There are also plants that are cultivated for human consumption. They are consumed as fruits, vegetables and herbs for medicinal purposes.

When we talk about gardening the subject ranges from fruit orchards to long boulevard plantings. Gardening practitioners may specialize themselves in growing only one type of plant or they may also practice mixed plantings that involve many various plants.

Gardening requires active participation of the practitioner and it usually requires intensive works and discipline.
Here you'll find many tips and tricks that are related to gardening.

There are various methods, types and approaches to maintain a healthy and beautiful garden. You can find all of them here.

You may want to learn what's the proper way to landscape the yard, choosing the right soil, maintain the plants, growing indoor gardens, and many many more.

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Composting: Learn These Steps That Can Make The Process Easier

Compositing is the natural process but however by following some steps you can make the process easier.

The adopted techniques will dictate that the process is easier or harder to follow. It depends on you that how well or worst you are performing the task.

Hot or Cold?

There are two methods in making the compost pile. One is hot and other is cold. If you are following the cold method all you need is to collect the leaves, grass trimmings, vegetable peelings, fruit scraps and all the waste that can be seen in the garden and put them all together in the compost bin.


This process would take long time as you are not helping the materials to break down though it is the simple way of doing the compositing process.

While in hot method you have to follow the rules from starting. First put the material in the compost bags or compost bin. Mostly recommended, to first have the layer of green than add soil and than the kitchen wastes in the end.

Do not add those materials that would welcome the undesired visitors. Do not include too much amount of meat. Add the peelings of vegetables and fruits, eggshells and other kinds.

Keep the pile moist and it must be wet totally all the time. To make the wetness sure, add the water periodically or when you feel necessary. Beers would also be used for wetness rather then plain water. Beers will have yeast in it that will make the bacteria on the compost pile.

Keep the compost pile well maintained. Also add the soil timely aside from water only. You can also add the manure later on to boost up the decomposition process. You also need to turn up the pile periodically so to let the air circulate among it. The circulation of the air will be helpful in enhancing the speed of decomposition process.

The time when the decomposed material will smell earthy like and look as the dark soil, this will be the time to use the decomposed materials. You can get it out from the bin.

Some gardeners have believed that the compost is not only the product that is used on the soils to fertilize it. It must be accommodate by other materials so to attain the best results. It is only the soil conditioner that should be added with other essentials to get the fruitful results.

Remember always that you are doing the compositing for the sake of the nature. This would give you motivation and courage and let you return something to the nature. You must ensure that the location in which you are trying to make the process must be suitable enough for you. This must not result in disturbing the neighbors as well as the other persons at the home.

Compositing is the easy and healthy process to be carried out. Just keep in mind that you have to dedicate your whole body and soul to attain something worthy from it.

Composting: A Practical Step by Step Guide (Penguin Mini) 

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