My mulching and composting experience
In this wonderful blog, Chitrang Narkar shares his first stint with mulching and composting and journey to successful harvest. We hope more and more people take inspiration from Chitrang and…
Story: How Brown Leaf started
Brown Leaf came into being in Pune city in February 2016 as the forum for eco-friendly management of dry leaves. Since its inception, thousands of gunny bags of dry leaves…
Testimonial by Kirti Bhave: Why Mulching
In this Guest post, Brown Leaf member Kirti Bhave shares how mulching salvaged her terrace garden Kirti stays in Pune city. She has created a beautiful terrace garden on her…
Composting Some Guidelines
In a moment, we will discuss 3 methods of composting and in the subsequent section, I will help you choose the right method for you. Here are a few guidelines…
Soil-less gardens
Introduction Okkay, you are convinced that mulching and composting are good options. You started composting, and now what? Composting itself is not very significant unless it is followed by gardening,…
How you can go about it
https://youtu.be/8ckZpx_QIjM Copy and replicate Such dry leaf exchange forum can be setup in other cities as well. You can start it in your own city. How? Here it is On…
What we did in Pune city
The challenge Come winter, and our streets, footpaths, building premises, rooftops, any horizontal surface in the sight is covered with dry leaves. From time to time, we sense acrid smoke…
Pile Composting
This is the most convenient method and it costs almost zero. As we discussed in the section “compost”, soil contains a variety of microbes. In the pile, there is constant…
Pit Composting
Pit Composting First composting method, we discuss is Pit Composting. Traditionally that is how composting was practiced. There used to be a pit in the backyards and all the kitchen…
Mulching in open areas
I am sure you will love this part. I am asking you to be lazy here. Yes, this mulching involves doing nothing 😊 Yes, believe me. Do read on to…