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Biodiversity
Integration
Sustainability
Integrity
Organic Principles
Biodiversity:
Pollinators
Pest management
Biodiversity
Intercropping
Companion planting
Crop rotation
Organic Principles
Integration
Example:
Sustainability
Energy
Environmental protection
Organic Principles
Integrity
Composting
Why Compost?
Composting
Organic Principles
How to Compost...
Locate your composter on bare soil. Somewhere in your garden that is easily
accessible all year round.
Chop large items into smaller pieces to help with the process.
How to Compost...
If you wish, add compost accelerator (young nettles are an
excellent natural accelerator) to help speed up the
composting process.
Grass Cuttings
Hedge Cuttings
Vegetable Peelings
Tea Bags
Egg shells
Coffee Grounds
Coal ash
Cooked Leftovers
Nappies
Experimental Results of using compost
0.25
0.20
)
2
Leaf Area (m
0.15
0.10
0.05
0.00
Control 4 ton / acre 6 ton / acre 8 ton / acre
Sweetpotato foliage dry matter (Mg)ha 0.30 Sweetpotato foliage dry matter in 2009
-1
0.25
0.20
0.15
0.10
0.05
0.00
Control (no Cover crop only Cover crop Cover crop Cover crop Cover crop
cover crop) (no BL) +0.5 Mg BL ha -1 +1 Mg BL ha -1 +2 Mg BL ha -1 +3 Mg BL ha -1
Treatments
8
Sweetpotato storage root yield in 2008 and 2009
Sweetpotato storage root yield (Mg ha)
-1
0
Control (no Cover crop only Cover crop Cover crop Cover crop Cover crop
-1 +1 Mg BL ha -1
cover crop) (no BL) +0.5 Mg BL ha +2 Mg BL ha
-1 +3 Mg BL ha -1
Treatments