Compost is one of the cornerstones of low-cost gardening. The best part is you can make a wonderfully rich compost that grows wonderful organic crops for Free !

I use a lot of Free and Local resources such as autumn leaves, used coffee grounds, kitchen scraps and this year I have added a new and powerful resource to the mix, spent brewery grains.

Check out how you can make a simple hot compost with these resources.

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Cold frames are fantastically versatile, helping the gardener to cheat the seasons and enjoy more harvests.

With just a few inexpensive and reclaimed materials, a drill, some screws and a screwdriver, it’s straightforward to make your own cold frame to protect plants from the elements.

In this short video we’ll show you how to make a cold frame of your own, simply, cheaply, and with very few DIY skills required. Take your growing up a notch and give it a try!

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After being away for more than five weeks I’ve come home to a garden that needs work. This is a tour around my container garden and greenhouse at home and a peek at the flower patch that I recently tidied up.

More on my garden & greenhouse tour: http://lovelygreens.com/2016/10/lovely-greens-greenhouse-garden.html

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See the new raised beds I use: https://https://bit.ly/3JOSOT2/ Building a raised bed isn’t as hard as it seems. I went on a mission to build the simplest and cheapest raised garden beds possible.

It took me about 15 minutes to build, and cost about $40 to make. Of course, you could save more if you used salvaged materials, but I wanted this to be applicable to people that don’t have anything lying around the house.

Learning how to build a raised garden bed doesn’t have to be difficult, and you don’t have to buy expensive $200 kits or beds from a company if you don’t want to…just follow this guide!

Materials:

→ Planter wall blocks (found at Home Depot)
→ 6 cu ft. soil
→ (2) 2′ 2×6′ boards
→ (2) 6′ 2×6′ boards
→Twine
→ 1″ nails
→ Seeds!

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Chickens as domestic animals have a long history and likely originated in Asia somewhere around 8000 years ago. [1] They are common place on many farms and acreages providing a variety of services including food, waste disposal and their manure and bedding can be source of material for compost. On today’s Testing Garden Assumptions series video I am going to evaluate if chicken manure and bedding as a source of nutrients for your garden and if it is safe to use.

[1] History of Domestic Chickens:
http://archaeology.about.com/od/domestications/qt/chicken.htm

[2] Nutrient content of Manures
http://www.jswconline.org/content/57/6/470.short

[3] Fertilizer Burn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertilizer_burn

[4] Composting Chicken Manure to Kill Pathogens
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096085240100133X

[5] Mortality Composting
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2672.2006.03274.x/full

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Flowers: they’re not just pretty to look at, they can really help to improve the way we grow our fruits and vegetables.

Growing a variety of flowers as companion plants in or near your vegetable garden can enhance the beauty and productivity of your plot.

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Rockaway, NJ is our setting for this week’s Large Backyard Ecosystem Pond Build. Follow along for Part 1 of this 2 part series as the team from Atlantis Water Gardens in Morris County, NJ constructs a show-stopping water feature!