Question by schelr23: Wisconsin Vegetable Gardening Help?
We recently purchased a house that sits on an acre of land in East side of Wisconsin, the previous owner grew tomatoes, onions, potatoes….etc. I am a beginner and need to know the basics as I am from the South. Can anyone suggest the first thing I need to do? and when? Thanks.
sounds great yeah….frost is gone beeeautiful weather….taken a break right now from all the weeding and raking…we have a tiller and will start soon…thanks again

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Answer by texas_angel_wattitude
Well hon Im from the South myself however my husband is from Wisconsin {rice lake area} and his mother use to plant a small garden but she’d wait until may to do it then she’d basically do how we did back home in Texas:water, weed, feterlize…I now live in ND for the last 18 months and we havent even planted flowers yet today we are going to put in Blueberry and rasperry bushes because the frost is out of the ground. If frost is out of your ground and the ground is not freezing at night {and my father in law who still lives in WI says its not freezing and frost is gone in his area} then you can go ahead and start.

Oh I forgot to add. She never started her plants from seeds she started them using established plants she got from the local plant nursery. If your starting from seeds you should start them in those little pot things and transplant them when they sprout.. Atleast that is what she did and she even started several months ahead of when the frost was gone so she could have established plants.

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Question by John Thomas: How To Start Indoor Vegetable Gardening Help?
I want to start a indoor vegetable garden along with my outside one and found a good site that gave me a free guide at http://www.vegetablegardeninghelp.com but want to know how I would grow potatoes inside.

I dont see anything in the guide mentioned about growing potatoes so how would I start a indoor vegetable garden that grows potatoes. Thanks

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Answer by Cat
I can’t imagine why you would want to TRY to grow potatoes indoors. it would take a HUGE container – and potatoes want full sun. That’s virtually impossible to come by inside unless you have a solarium or greenhouse.

It’s technically possible to provide enough light with lots and lots of artificial lights – but why? Potatoes are fairly easy and cheap to grow. And even to purchase from the grocery. The cost of providing artificial light to grow potatoes would make them some of the most expensive potatoes on the planet.

Just stick ‘em outside, where they are cheap to raise, and grow happily.

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Food Wastes to Compost Or Not

DO COMPOST – For food compost it is important to use a plastic or metal compost bin:

- All your vegetable and fruit wastes, including rinds and cores even if they are moldy.
- Coffee grounds, tea bags and filters
- Crushed egg shells
- Stale bread, donuts, cookies, crackers, all foodstuffs produced from flour.
- Grains (cooked or uncooked): rice
- Fruit or vegetable pulp from making juice
- Expired boxed foods from the pantry; pasta
- Corn cobs and husks (cobs decompose very slowly)

DON’T COMPOST

- Meat or meat waste, such as bones, fat, gristle, skin, etc.
- Fish or fish waste
- Dairy products, such as cheese, butter, yogurt, cream cheese, cottage cheese, sour cream,
- Grease and oils

The Decision to Live Green

Home composting of food products is the decision to live green.

Store scraps in plastic bags in your refrigerator until you can place them in your compost bin. While preparing food, chop up scraps so they take up less space until placed in your compost bin. Scraps can be placed in a Kitchen Compost Pail until taken to your compost bin

The Kitchen Compost Pail

The best way to store food scraps until thrown into the compost bin is in a kitchen compost pail with a snap on secure lid. This pail can be kept under the sink. The kitchen scrap pail should have a secure lid, be washable, and have a handle. A plastic pail with a tight fitting lid is ideal.

Empty your kitchen scrap container daily or every few days, depending upon how much waste you generate. Placing a damp paper towel or damp newspaper over the contents of the pail will help keep down the odor.

The best size pail to store food scraps is a 4-5 gallon lidded bucket.

This 4 to 5 gallon bucket can be easily found at your local hardware store. Keep the bucket near your back door. Line the lid with newspaper to cut down on gnats and odors.

Here’s a good process to cut down on odors or gnats. Keep nearby a small pail of finished compost, sawdust or peat moss, Scoop a large spoon full of this material and sprinkle it on the top of the newly-added food scraps. This will cut down on the odors and gnats.

The Cone Shaped Composter

There are several cone shaped composting bins available on the market to make composting easy. The bottom portion of these types of compost bins have aeration holes and are buried about 2 feet in the ground. This keeps the odors generated by decomposition to a minimum. The portion of the compost bin that is above ground is sealed when the lid is closed to keep out animals.

These types of compost bins aren’t designed to compost grass clippings but are specifically for composting vegetable food waste. This type of compost bin should be set in direct sunlight. The heat generated from the direct sun exposure aids in the decomposition process.

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The timbers are Micropro AC2 if that means anything to anyone

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Question by TJS: Are electric lawn mowers any good?
I have a fairly big lawn and I’ve heard electric mowers are easier to use and maintain. Is this true? What are the drawbacks? How often do they break down?

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Answer by Celticbloodwarrior
Electric lawn mowers are OK but I wouldn’t start a lawn care business with one.

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When it comes to cutting grass, one really needs a piece of equipment that can keep up with tough grasses.

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Most Kubota lawn mowers operate with diesel engines giving a power output of 21 horsepower; enough to accomplish the most demanding jobs. Still not enough?

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Question by Wolf Mike: Why don’t people use rubbermaid containers for composting?
I want to start composting, but I want my compost container to be outside my house.

I was planning on using a rubbermaid container as my bin. I don’t plan on adding worms to my bin. Only problem is I’ve been looking online and nobody seems to be using a rubbermaid as their bin.

This makes me think rubbermaids shouldnt be used as bins.

Is there something wrong with using rubbermaid containers as composting bins?
What if I leave the bin outside with the lid open?

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Answer by rundown73
Compost needs air circulation.
You can use a rubbermaid as long as you cut plenty of holes in it.

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Organic materials need composting for producing a form of useful end product called compost. Although composting might happen naturally but humans intervention will make the overall process quick. There are naturally five methods for composting a material which are heaps, turning units, soil incorporation, worm compositing and holding units. The contents that are placed in the container may differ from organic materials like leaves to disposables like food waste. In fact, the basic rule is to cut the materials into small pieces and also prevent the smell from filling the home by addition of ammonia to the compound. It is important to select a compositing method so that you an appropriate compost container can be built. It is easy to build such container.

Following are some basic and simple steps for building a compost bin. Different materials can be used for building the bin.

The popular choices among builders are wire mesh, wood, concrete block or a combination of more than two materials. Most suitable items to compost large amounts of garden, kitchen and yard wastes are wire and wood three bin turning unit. This is a strong structure that will last for a long time, although the building cost may be lightly high as compared to others. The basic materials and tools needed for this task are hardware cloth, lumber, bolts and nuts, galvanized nails, hand saw, hammer, drill and tape measure.

First, frames have to be built using 2×4 lumber by creating a 36 inch by 35 inch ‘square’. The pieces of hardware cloth have to be stretched across each frame. It has to be ensured that the corners of the cloth are tightly stapled to the frame. The wood frames and wires will function as dividers. Next, two dividers have to be set by approximately 9 feet apart and parallel to each other. Then, a 9 foot piece has to be cut from the lumber and two treated boards have to be positioned on top of the dividers. The 9 foot boards have to be marked on the center of inside divider. Then, a half inch hole has to be drilled at approximately one inch from the edge. Now the boards can be secured without tightening with bolts. The step has to be repeating by attaching board to the back of top part. A hardware cloth is to be attached to the back of the bin. Then, a one inch vertical slot is to be created on the inside of each divider by nailing a 34 inch strip to the inside of the divider. It has to be ensured that they are one inch away from the front boards. Horizontal slats can be now inserted into the vertical slots which are in between the dividers. Lastly, all untreated wood are to be stained for keeping it long lasting.

These were detailed steps to build a compost bin, it is fairly easy to build one for recycling waste and producing compost.

Detailed instructions for setting up a ‘deluxe’ Rubbermaid worm composting bin
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