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Gardening

MiHale

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4. All that and more goes into compost pile...

Reply to Baltimike (Original post)

Sun Apr 21, 2024, 07:44 PM

Apr 2024

Along with the grass clippings collected and let to sit for a while. All the garden debris like trimmed leaves etc., used straw … be ready next year.

Coffee grounds also used along with finely crushed egg shells mixed for slug and snail control.

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So...banana peels, coffee grinds and egg shells...what other scraps do you all use in your garden? [View all] Baltimike Apr 2024 OP

We compost all our veggie and most fruit scraps. End of season we bury compost in trenches in beds and cover dutch777 Apr 2024 #1

I got the coolest toy. piddyprints Apr 2024 #2

outer leaves of lettuce & cabbage heads, carrot peelings, onion skins are just a few NJCher Apr 2024 #3

All that and more goes into compost pile... MiHale Apr 2024 #4