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Backyard composter, flowers in pots, trees in background. UF/IFAS Photo: Thomas Wright

Three Easy Ways to Make Compost for Your Florida-Friendly Garden

by Paul Roberts
April 9, 2021

It’s April, which means it’s time to up your Florida-friendly gardening game! A great way to improve your edible garden is to use what you already have lying around to make compost, which boosts the organic matter content of your soil. Grass ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping
Tags: Compost, Environmental Horticulture Department, Esen Momol, Florida-Friendly Landscapes, Hot Composting, Jacqlyn Rivas, Jen Marvin, Lynn Barber, Slow Composting, Sydney Park Brown, Terra Freeman, Tiare Silvasy, Tina McIntyre, Tom Wichman, Vermiculture, Worm Composting
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Vermicomposting (Using Worms for Composting)

by Tia Silvasy
December 10, 2020

Vermicomposting = worm composting Do you live in a small space and want to have a neat little efficient compost bin to recycle your kitchen scraps? Vermiculture, also known as worm composting, is becoming increasingly popular with the urban ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Composting, Earthworm, Florida Friendly, Food Scraps, Horticulture, Ocextension, Organic Fertilizer, Recycle Yard Waste, Soil Amendment, Tsilvasy, Video, Worm, Worm Composting, Zero Waste
worm in hand

Let the worms do the work! Build your own worm farm for composting

by Anne Yasalonis
April 21, 2020

What is a Worm Farm? Worm farming, or vermicomposting, is a way to recycle food waste using worms. Worms are housed in an enclosed compost bin, or worm farm, and are fed food scraps. The worm farm is completely closed so that the worms ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes,
Tags: Anne Yasalonis, Ayasalonis, Central Florida, Compost, Composting, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Gardening, Master Gardener, Master Gardener Volunteer, Polk County, Polkgardening, Polkmg, Vermicomposting, Worm Composting, Worm Farm

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