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M. "titt.dhsrmta*rmse-uai6..tqiq'. Material from the home com. post box is one of the most im. portant sources of humus for the garden. Its plant food values include nitrogen, phosphorus and potash, although not in amounts equal to those legally required for commercial fertilizers. In ad. dition, it contains many trace ele, ments essential to ideal plant growth. _ There isn't an inexhaustible supply of these vital materials in the earth. Unless they're replaced on a regular basis, the ability of the soil to grow and produce will be gradually reduced to a point where " won't sustain growth. Why all the emphasis on hu- mus? Very few people realize that every time a branch is prun- ed from a tree, shrub or ever- green; every leaf that falls in the autumn; each time we pick fruits, flowers and vegetables; humus, plant food and other growth ele- ments have been depleted. Our soil scientists say that cow or horse manure usually runs about 1% percent nitrogen, whereas grass clippings removed from the average well~fed lawn will be around 2% percent of that vital element. Like Mark Twain's reported death, the plant food value of weletted barnyard manure, or manure of any kind for that mat- ter, has been greatly exaggerated. Twenty-four hours after it is fresh it will have lost up to 90 percent of its plant food value. (humus) which has noon prepared in the home garden taetory--. gunmen” called a compost box. I've often said that the expert home gardener naea a combina- tion of humus and complete ter. tiiizer to garden well. Back in grandfather‘s day there was usu~ ally a supply of well-rotted barn, yard manure available. The use of plenty bf this manure was con- sidered the perfect answer \to hav. ing a successful flower, fruit or vegetable garden. Iv m WW One of the easiest and no“ il- “pensive ways to guprove any union soil. whether it be heavy JhtiiiRI,t Miiir, 'dfi5tift'itig dia EiEilliiiliiii! When we dig humus into heavy Fauna! Home Ltd, "t King s.. titfeeqrt--NFW" WE HAVE MOVED FAMILIES APPRECIATE OUR FINE CHAPEL FACILITIES Complete Towing Sonic. P, Tone up; with the latest JirA . " A ' E:od;mi: 5't'l,','rs',',', 'ist r ~-""; .2: P. om. i r nun” . aiiliti'Eilllll, Win! Backus” . 'lt%tW,,2", r" ' CP, H TT-_" All Work Guaranteed It nd l' A . S q a a s utomotlve emce manual R. déunh Geo. Randal Phone 742-3211 Build your own garden Mary New location: 180 King s., Waterloo (comer King and All”) By the end of summer you‘ll have several hundred pounds of excellent compost for use any- where in the garden or for your house plants. To preserve the moisture and assist in the heat build-up which encourages the bacteria to work more quickly, it's a good plan to cover the entire compost box with a sheet of black plastic held down tightly with bricks or stones. Not only does the plastic retain most of the heat of decom- position, but the color causes it to absorb more heat from the sun and pass it lo the pile. _ Compost can tie made much' more quickly if you're prepared to turn the material and remoist- en it every three or four days. This not only aerates it, but gives the bacteria in the centre orthe pile a chance to work on the trash on the outside. Using this procedure scientists at the Uni.. versity of California were able to make excellent and useable hw mus in less than a month. In turning the pile over take a good sharp shovel or spade and cut a thin slice down vertically from top to bottom. This mixes We are now ready to add al- ternate layers of raw organic matter and soil. The latter is not necessary to the rotting down of the green organic materials, but it does blend well with the result- ing compost and makes it easier to use. Keep adding material until you have a layer, after tramping, six inches deep. As you add the ma- terial, keep soaking with the hose. Cover the six-inch layer with an inch of top soil and start adding further material. You make a start by building an open end box or bin in an out of the way spot in the garden which has no bottom or top. It can be made of scrap lumber. plaster laths, snow fencing or con- crete block. A minimum of tour feet in height, width and length is an ideal size for most small gardens. Some people say "Won't this be rather odorous, 6r will it not attract mice, rats or other ver~ min?"-mothing could be further from the' truth--it's a clean and odorless operation and 4- not provide any kind of a heating place for vermin. The kitchen can provide citrus fruits ’peelings, vegetable leaves such as lettuce, cabbage and cauliflower; peelings of turnips. potatoes, carrots and beets; add- ed flowers, hulls from Strawben ties. ' In any garden during the grow- ing season there is always a big supply of waste mategiall such as the following: grass Elippings, all leaves (except oak). vegeta- ble vines, nower stalks, weeds; in fact my leafy green material. soils. and " clay. we egg the. up end like the. some m or workable. At the use the tt allow: the vital oxygen to cm late - been. Dru-nae is eon- sidenbly improved. Human added to lighter will act: like I sponge and hang: onto the moisture. This in turn prevents the leaking away at valuable plant foods. ”I‘M-uh.” Mit.eiTh-tagteaisar- . "ttta-att-heat-ra.. . c, I strata-ooo-ii-G." 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