Sentences with phrase «compost piles»

Most home compost piles don't get sufficiently hot, but municipal composting facilities do.

The new bike collection service is for people who want to reduce their waste stream but not manage their own compost piles or worm bins.

The bags were certified as compostable by the Biodegradeable Products Institute but perhaps the materials used have not reached a level of maturity where they are appropriate for the mass market and out backyard compost piles.

There are no restrictions in your municipality prohibiting backyard compost piles.

From our reclaimed Cuckoo wood furniture to our compost piles, from our solar panels to our Salmon Safe hops, Worthy's anthem is «do more with less.»

There is some good, practical information on building large compost piles for the production of heat for water or space heating.

Still, it is good news that the swiss company Freitag has succeeded making jeans that will break down on commercial compost piles.

Don't let your rabbits dig in compost piles or any place where maggots might be.

Keep your pets away from compost piles.

Hundreds of killed dogs» bodies rot on the compost piles of Amish puppy mill owners.

The ASPCA says beware of toxins like in compost piles, mushrooms and pesticides to get rid of rodents.

It is also important to keep your yard such that there isn't food available, such as fruit falling from trees, rotting food compost piles which can be scavanged, open garbage containers, road kill out in the street, use animal proof garbage cans like the parks use, and so forth.

Warm Weather Hazards • Animal toxins — toads, insects, spiders, snakes and scorpions • Blue - green algae in ponds • Citronella candles • Cocoa mulch • Compost piles Fertilizers • Flea products • Outdoor plants and plant bulbs • Swimming - pool treatment supplies • Fly baits containing methomyl • Slug and snail baits containing metaldehyde Medication Common examples of human medications that can be potentially lethal to pets, even in small doses, include: • Pain killers • Cold medicines • Anti-cancer drugs • Antidepressants • Vitamins • Diet Pills Cold Weather Hazards • Antifreeze • Liquid potpourri • Ice melting products • Rat and mouse bait Common Household Hazards • Fabric softener sheets • Mothballs • Post-1982 pennies (due to high concentration of zinc) Holiday Hazards • Christmas tree water (may contain fertilizers and bacteria, which can upset the stomach.

Keeping your home and premises free from trash, compost piles, vermin, pests, and other harmful objects, organisms, and chemicals should also be made integral part of better pet care.

This program will give grants to DCPS and charter schools to start gardens and encourage them to include demonstration compost piles in their gardens (food must be grown in safe soil); provide curricula, technical assistance, and other support; and keep data on the locations and types of gardens.

The piles of rotting cattle described in King's lawsuit consisted of at least 80 percent manure and were in fact compost piles, Dunn said.

• Common council opened a public hearing to amend city codes on grass, brush and weeds while also amending codes related to compost piles in the city.

Landfills are not big compost piles full of happy little earthworms nibbling away at table scraps.

In addition, schools would be encouraged to offer filtered drinking water and to make use of open space for gardens and compost piles.

He notes that the company's early products included compostable bags called Toters, (compost liners that line large organic collection bins), which were used for the disposal of food waste in compost piles.

Before you toss your flower crown into the compost pile, consider that the best of the summer music festival lineup is yet to come.

A rough translation of compost but not politically correct to say while sending off a loved one to the compost pile.

Fortunately, I rediscovered it before I had to toss it in the compost pile.

Before becoming certified, auditors visited Clos du Bois» Geyserville facility to verify the winery was as green as it claimed, confirming everything from the use of composting piles and recycled water to the use of florescent bulbs, Smit said.

Do you toss your garlic into the compost pile when it begins sending up those bright green shoots?

Active composting requires that all feedstock (these are the inputs into a compost pile like manure, food waste and yard debris) reach a certain temperature within the pile for a certain length of time.

Temperatures in an actively managed pile must exceed 131 °F, and must continue for a length of time appropriate to the type of compost pile made (either 3 days for static aerated piles or 15 days for turned windrows).

The compost pile ate well.

«Biosphere Industries tells us that you can literally toss them in your backyard compost pile, cover it, and it will turn into dust in seven days,» he continues.

* Compost pile chicken: I like to stuff all kinds of fruit and veggie peels inside a chicken when I'm roasting it in the oven to give it extra flavor.

Plus, once baked, the trimmings break down in the compost pile even faster.

Pour the hazelnuts into a large bowl, take the towel outside or over to your compost pile and shake it free of all the bits of hazelnut skin.

Sprouting potatoes should be tossed into the compost pile!

Pick out root ends, skins, twigs, etc. — add to the compost pile — and blend up the rest.

Can you throw them in the compost pile?

Celery leaves always head straight to our compost pile, but I'll give this a try next time.

A compost pile can be just that — a pile of organic material.

Many sources state that the compost pile needs manure in order to add sufficient nitrogen and make the pile heat up.

Clean up your garden plot (s), removing all dead material to the compost pile.

In reality, composting is quite simple, and a compost pile should always be a part of pepper gardening.

The following criteria are important for a good compost pile: ample available water, an inconspicuous location convenient to the garden, and at least six hours of sunlight a day.

I recommend aged and sterilized steer manure combined with organic material from your compost pile before you add more non-composted material to it.

Organic gardeners disagree and avoid using chemical fertilizers, preferring to add aged manure to the compost pile or directly in the garden.

Keep them in full sun as you would your spring compost pile.

This team, the one that rose out of the depths of the deepest, stinkiest compost pile, that was cobbled together and reinvented itself several times over, was the one in place for a city that needed something to distract itself from Hurricane Harvey.

Snakes are attracted to the creatures attracted to your compost pile.

We've got a little friend who's taken a liking to our compost pile — Squirmy the snake.

Snake is not attracted to your compost pile they are definitely not vegetarians, even the harmless ones.

You may weave a basket, build a compost pile or make solar - dehydrated fruit leather.

Two years ago, however, I posted my first Green Tip of the Week suggesting that my readers keep a bag or two (or three) of their dry fall leaves to use throughout the coming year as brown material to add to their compost pile or bin.