Composting & Compost Tea

by Paul Kwiatkowski

Mount Auburn is not only America’s first garden cemetery, but an arboretum with more than 6,000 trees from around the globe. For those of you who have had the opportunity to visit and explore the grounds, I hope you were so entranced by the trees, gardens, monuments, and wildlife that many return visits have been required. Those of you who have not discovered Mount Auburn yet, I hope you visit soon. [click to continue…]

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by Geoffrey Kuter, Ph.D.

Composts are highly versatile and valuable products with multiple uses in sustainable landscaping. When using composts made from waste materials, carbon and nutrients are recycled to the soil and the generation of methane, a potent greenhouse gas and by product from landfill disposal, is reduced. [click to continue…]

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Compost Tea: Reaping the Organic Rewards

August 11, 2012

Text and images reprinted with permission of New England Wildflower Association. by Nate McCullin When entering the 2011 growing season I had many questions floating around in my mind regarding the impact of compost and compost tea on the soil and plant health at Garden in the Woods. I was skeptical about believing all the [...]

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Actively Aerated Compost Tea and Trees

May 15, 2011

by Carl Brodeur For years I was unhappy with the results of our tree fertility program using available fertilizers on the market. Then, after attending a talk by Dr. Elaine Ingham on the Soil Foodweb, my partner and I decided to try compost teas. Once we experienced the power of compost tea on a lawn [...]

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