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At Last New Homemade Compost Bins

Mrs.Dirty Boots — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 12:00:29 +0000

Aah, we love our garden compost here at Casa Dirty Boots. But, the one thing we don’t – well didn’t love was our compost bins. Oh they were fine and dandy when first created. In fact we were rather smug that we’d used scraps of wood from the house that were good for little else to make them. Five years on though and

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Make Some Real Compost

Mr.Dirty Boots — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:03:55 +0000

We have now been making compost for years, especially since we began a more self sufficient lifestlye. No fancy setup although I would still have a compost tumbler if we did not have such a large plot that we can use, with pretty much unlimited space. Many people come to this site looking for various snippets of wisdom about how to make compost,

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Gifts for Gardeners – Kitchen Compost Pails: Compost Pails For Kitchens

Mrs.Dirty Boots — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:49:58 +0000

#nogoogleads {display:none !important;} Here at Dirty Boots HQ we try to be as Self Sufficient as possible. Part of that frugal living is an abundance of jam giving at birthdays and Christmas. Last night the ‘Chrimbo Conversation’ began and we decided to make a concerted effort to organise gift production and even a few gift

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Manufactured Self Contained Compost Toilets

Mrs.Dirty Boots — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:31:47 +0000

We’ve looked at cheap and cheerful home-made DIY compost toilets; waterless, sawdust toilets which are basically a bucket you need to empty yourself every few days. These systems work, speeding up the action and fertility of a conventional compost heap and providing an extremely environmentally friendly way of dealing with human

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Compost Toilet – The Sawdust Toilet

Mrs.Dirty Boots — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:27:10 +0000

The compost toilet can be as complicated, expensive, cheap or basic as you like. As far as indoor compost toilets are concerned none are more simple to create, use and understand than the sawdust toilet. We have a sawdust toilet and I really cannot recommend it enough. Even if you have no intention of ever foregoing your luxurious plumbed in

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Urban Compost Bin Tumblers

Mr.Dirty Boots — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:12:04 +0000

As any regular readers know we have a very basic, but effective form of composting. We use three compost bins that are rotated every few months. Made frorm pallets, they are cheap and effective. I previously wrote about how to build a compost bin and what I thought was the best composter system. Lately I have been hearing about the rotating

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Do You Use a Moon Cup? The Menstrual Cup Review

Mrs.Dirty Boots — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:52:55 +0000

This is a post for the girls. Since I’ve been writing a lot about cleaning lately and generally being a bit ‘girlie’ I may as well air my dirty laundry completely, and talk about the mysterious menstrual cup. There are a few different brands out there but personally I am a fan of Mooncups. And, though I don’t have

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Manure Tea – Best Natural Fertilizer?

Mrs.Dirty Boots — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:43:37 +0000

If you’re growing your own food you need your plot to be as fertile as possible. Manure is the small-holders best tool for improving fertility quickly. If you have a supply of manure then making up some manure tea or manure water is a quick way of ensuring plants have a soluble supply of all the nutrients they require. Make Manure Tea

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Homemade Insecticide – Soap Spray

Mrs.Dirty Boots — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:24:55 +0000

If you’re gardening for fun or to provide your home with sustenance there are times when insect pests can really threaten garden plants and crops. A simple homemade preparation for the garden will save you cash, help the environment and cause you less worry if children and pets share your garden space. One of the most effective fungicides

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Materials For Composting For Free

Mr.Dirty Boots — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:24:24 +0000

Not everyone who wants to Compost has sufficient land to generate a good quantity of materials to Compost. Even many of those with enough land don’t have a sufficient mixture of material to make a decent and rich Compost. Hopefully you Compost Kitchen Scraps and anything else you can get your hands on. Here is a quick tip for those who

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