Free Compost !
By Loren on Jul 23, 2008 in Uncategorized
Stop by Qualcomm Stadium on Sunday, August 3rd between 9 am – 1 pm for free compost!
Practical Application and Benefits of Compost
Compost can be used as an amendment to improve soil texture and increase nutrient and water holding capacity. In San Diego, where soil is of poor quality, mixing compost in with the soil is one of the best things you can do for your yard and garden.
Here’s how:
Amend garden soil by incorporating one to two inches of compost four to six inches deep into the soil. Irrigate area twice thoroughly before planting.
Top dress planters with compost to help reduce water loss and protect root systems. Spread three inches of compost around the base of plants and shrubs, keeping it from touching plant stems or trunks.
Use compost as potting mix for growing containerized plants and seedlings. Mix two parts compost, one part coarse sand, one part vermiculite, and one part peat moss.
• Residents must load their own compost
• Residents must supply their own receptacles/bins and shovels
• Maximum 1 cubic yard per resident
Compost generously provided by the City of San Diego:
Visit the Miramar Greenery at the Miramar Landfill for a wide range of high quality landscaping products from fine compost to a variety of quality decorative mulches and wood chips. Call (858) 694-7000 for more information.”
Loren, I used to love going and getting the mulch/compost from the dump, but, upon doing so I have more weeds popping up, and strange ones at that. My husband said that everyone puts all their grass clippings and weeds in the green recycle bins and now we have everyone else’s weeds… Our yard and my garden are a mess. Is my husband right??? Help!!!
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PATTI | Jul 23, 2008
Hi Loren,
My husband and I have re-settled in a small, rural fishing village in Baja. In our little community we are working with ‘worms’ for compost and fertilizer. WOW! is all I can say about the amazing results that many of the locals are realizing in their gardens, in this part of the Baja desert.
We just happened to be in Carlsbad this week to pick up a part for our truck and saw your piece on t.v. about the water crisis in San Diego/Southern Cal. Very informative. We deal with this daily in our little puebla in Baja. Water is a commodity here and handled very carefully.
Say HI to Susie, we haven’t seen her since since she was a teen in Solana Beach.
John & Becky Smith, formally of Solana Beach/Encinitas now in Baja.
(check-out our blogspot at scorpionbayinfo.blogspot.com)
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Becky | Jul 23, 2008
Go to the San Diego dump in the green section any day they are open and you can load what ever you have with free compost.
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Chris | Aug 15, 2008
I read you note on gofers’ have you ever tried gofer purge? I used it in my garden and after a couple of weeks they were gone.
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Chris | Aug 15, 2008