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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Building Humus-Compost Efficiently

Building humus-compost efficiently can take several forms - however, experience shows that layering manure and straw (as in this case) or simply greens (nitrogen heavy materials) and browns (carbon heavy materials), keeping everything "fluffy" (airy) and very wet produces maximum effect with zero or perhaps one turning of the piles... (here on the lands of "Manincor" winery in northern Italy).