On 6/30/2008 6:49:48 AM, Faith Gagne ([email protected]) wrote:
> Thanks Chuck. How can I tell when the compost pile is mature? I have no
>
> idea. Faith G.
>
It's really done when you can pick up a handful and not recognize
anything in it.
It looks like rich dirt.
But you can use it before that, too.
Compost can be mixed in the ground or planting hole mixed with the
soil.
It can also be used as a top dressing around your already established
plants, lightly scratched in the topsoil.
Or use it as a mulch, a few inches away from the stem of your plants
and an inch or so thick.
The point is to improve the nutrients and the water holding ability of
your garden soil. (Also to give the earthworms something to make those
rich castings from.)
Chuck
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