. Agri-news. Agriculture. July 7, 1975 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A COMPOST HEAP SAVES MONEY Have you thought of saving fertilizer dollars by making a compost heap this summer? You can make it as big or as small as you like. Arlene Chesney, Alberta Agriculture's horticultural liaison officer, says a compost heap can be ready to use in three months if you fork over the pile about every two weeks. To make your compost heap you put a six inch layer of organic matter - vegetable tops and peelings, grass clippings, weeds, coffee grounds, tea bags, wood ashes, paper, etc. - on the ground and cove^ it wit
. Agri-news. Agriculture. July 7, 1975 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A COMPOST HEAP SAVES MONEY Have you thought of saving fertilizer dollars by making a compost heap this summer? You can make it as big or as small as you like. Arlene Chesney, Alberta Agriculture's horticultural liaison officer, says a compost heap can be ready to use in three months if you fork over the pile about every two weeks. To make your compost heap you put a six inch layer of organic matter - vegetable tops and peelings, grass clippings, weeds, coffee grounds, tea bags, wood ashes, paper, etc. - on the ground and cove^ it with six inches of soil. Repeat this procedure until the pile reaches the top of the container. Make the outside edges of the pile a little higher than the centre so that it will catch the rain water. You can contain your compost pile in a box type structure, chicken wire wraped around four corner stakes or even in an old garbage pail. The addition of a small amount of chemical fertilizer to each layer of organic material will hasten the rotting process in your compost heap. 30- 5 Phone(403)427-2127 /dlberra AGRICULTURE COMMUNICATIONS. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Alberta. Alberta Agriculture. Communications Branch; Alberta. Alberta Agriculture. Print Media Branch; Alberta. Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development. Publishing Branch. [Edmonton] : Communications Branch, Alberta Dept. of Agriculture
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