A compost pile should feel alive. It should hum with energy, steam on cool mornings, and quietly transform scraps into dark, crumbly gold. When that heat disappears, the whole process stalls out, and ...

NEVADA, Iowa — More specialty crop producers are using high tunnels to protect crops and to expand the growing season to capitalize on early- and late-season markets. Rich Schuler, energy consultant ...

Anyone who gardens, especially those in northern climates, likely dreams of extending their growing season with a greenhouse. The greenhouse has been used in various iterations since Ancient Rome.

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The heat not only breaks down the material in the pile but also kills the pathogens you don t want there. Most organisms can t survive a compost pile s peak temperatures, which can reach about 170 ...

Food for soil microbes. Each size of bin makes good quality yet different composts, from the same materials added. I use ...

Composting promises rich, dark soil that plants love, but when the pile refuses to heat up, frustration sets in fast. That cold, sluggish mound looks innocent, but beneath the surface, decomposition ...