May 15, 2015
Grass Thatch as a Living Material
Last week while I was raking up some old raspberry canes I’d pruned from my patch, I noticed that a lot of thatch was getting raked up as well. It reminded me that I’ve often included thatch among the potential “living materials” you can add to a vermicomposting system as a way to optimize the process.
This inspired me to collect a bin-full of the material so I could test it out for myself. This certainly isn’t the first time I’ve played around with thatch (and grass clippings). Some readers may recall my “Old Grass Clippings & Thatch as Worm Food” post from last fall.
In all honesty, that last batch of material (from a local lawn bowling club) did NOT (more…)
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