EM Compost Container for Kitchen Composting
Kitchen food waste, which makes up about 30% of the material that fills up landfill sites, can easily be composted and reused in your own garden. Food waste from your home that ends up on landfill sites and is mixed with other rubbish can create toxins, like methane gas, which only intensifies the greenhouse gas effect. If you compost your kitchen food waste, you can produce valuable compost with nutrients that get passed back into the earth.
The EM Compost Container for Kitchen Composting is made from recycled plastic and changes your food waste into an organic compost full of nutrients. This compost can be used for your garden, your lawn and even your houseplants. With the help of EM-Bokashi, which is a compost starter and needs to be purchased separately, the waste is changed into compost. Every layer of fresh waste is coated with EM-Bokashi and after fermenting for two weeks is ready to be spread into your garden.
The container holds about five gallons of food waste and fits neatly under your kitchen sink. It comes with an air-tight lid to prevent odors. Inside the container there is a plastic grate that separates the waste from the liquid that is produced during the fermentation process. That liquid can be drained easily through the spigot and utilized as a fertilizer for gardens and houseplants. Also included is a multi-use cup for draining the liquid and adding the EM Bokashi compost starter to the compost container.
Even if you don’t have your own garden, compost anyway and pass it on to your friends or neighbors. They will certainly appreciate this gift.
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Rising fuel prices may be the reason why the number of people planning a backyard garden has increased in recent years. The number of pesticides used in commercial farming is another reason why many people are choosing organic gardening. Healthy eating habits including eating locally grown foods can make the difference in how much your children like the vegetables your garden produces.
There are many reasons to choose to grow your own garden and to do so organically. Here are some of them:
* Vegetables you grow out of your own garden are fresher than commercially grown vegetables. In fact, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone with a garden leaving the food sitting around for more than a day or two. Commercial produce, however, has been picked before it is ripe, sprayed with chemicals to continue the ripening process during shipping, and then traveled up to 1,500 miles to reach your table.
* Organically and locally grown vegetables are healthier for you and your family. Fresh produce quickly loses nutrients. If you can eat it soon after it’s picked, it retains more of the nutrients.
* You don’t have to worry about any of the vegetables being genetically modified. Genetically modified seeds aren’t currently available to individuals and you probably don’t want to use them in your garden anyhow.
* Should you have more vegetables than your family can eat, you have three options. You can share the vegetables with friends, family, or neighbors. You can sell it at a local farmer’s market or a stand in your yard if that is permitted where you live. Or you can put it up (freezing or canning) for use later in the year.
* Any vegetable, or fruit for that matter, that you grow on your own property is going to taste better than vegetables from other areas of the country. You may actually hear your children say homegrown vegetables ‘taste like summer.’
Another reason to plant your own vegetable garden this summer is that you can use it as a way to teach your children about nature and how to care for the environment. You can also spend quality time with your child if you can get them to help you.
The biggest benefit of growing your own garden, however, is knowing where your vegetables came from. You’ll know what, if any, pesticides were used on them. You’ll also know that you and your children can go out the back door and pick them fresh.
Children who may be picky eaters when it comes to vegetables may be more willing to give them a try if they’re fresh from your garden. There’s no guarantee that your green bean-hating child will suddenly turn into a green bean lover, but there’s more of a chance that’ll happen if they have a hand in growing, caring for, and harvesting the beans themselves.
Organic gardening in your own back yard often leads to healthy eating habits. Let your children go outside, pick some cherry tomatoes and let them pop them into their mouth. You know what went into growing them and that they’re perfectly safe.
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If your children are like most, they probably love pizza. What they may not realize, however, is that children can have a hand in making that pizza even better. Let your children create a pizza herb pot and watch their interest in gardening and cooking soar!
Herbs are some of the easiest plants to grow, especially for a beginner. You don’t need a large plot of land to create an herb garden; in fact, you can grow a number of herbs in clay pots. This will enable you to plant related herbs for each different type of cuisine you enjoy. Herb pots can also be grown on patios, porches, or even fire escapes – any place you have a sunny spot will do.
Since pizza is such a mainstay of the American diet, you may want to create an herb pot that grows the herbs you need for pizza. But which herbs would you grow in a pizza herb pot? You may want to plant basil, oregano, thyme, sage, and even cilantro. Here are the steps for making this herb pot -you can choose any other cuisine by changing the herbs being planted:
* Find a spot to place your herb pot that will receive at least five hours of sunlight each day. Place the herb pot on a saucer.
* Pick a large container, one that’s at least 20 inches in diameter. You can choose a plastic or clay pot that has a drainage hole to ensure the herbs don’t remain too wet. Some pots may have been glazed with leaded glaze; it would be best to avoid using this type to ensure you don’t transfer lead to the plants.
* Put a little bit of gravel into the bottom of the pot and covering the drainage hole. Doing this will keep the dirt in and allow the excess water to be released. After you have the gravel in the bottom, you’ll want to fill the container about two thirds of the way full. Sterilized potting soil is best to use.
* Go to your local garden center or home improvement center. Choose the plants you want and then place them in the pot, tallest growing plants in the center, and then placing the shorter plants around it.
* As you plant each individual herb, loosen the dirt around the roots and then put the plant into the soil. Cover the roots with more soil and then continue to the next plant. By the time the planter is full, you should have about two inches of space to the top of the planter. Be sure to water them in by adding plenty of water, although you don’t want water to stand in the planter or the saucer underneath it.
Instead of watering your plants each day, poke your finger into the dirt when you notice the top of the soil looking dry. If the soil is dry up to an inch below the top, it’s time to water your pizza herb garden. In a couple of weeks you can start harvesting your herbs. By carefully cutting the leaves and not pulling the plants out, your herb garden should produce fresh herbs for your home-made pizza all year long.
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