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What Materials Can Be Composted?
Regardless of your opinion on climate change, composting your extra foods and natural wastes can only ever be a good thing. You can fuel your garden, create natural “fertilizer” for plants that you want to grow and that other people want to grow with ease. In short, you can become a more active contributor to…
5 Landscaping Tips for a Beautiful, Low-Maintenance Yard
Summertime is on the way, and yards all over Colorado are undergoing their annual transformation: grass is getting greener, flowers are in bloom, and the trees are filling out again. If you’re looking for ways to upgrade your own yard this year, then the team at A1 Organics is ready to help! As Denver’s leading…
The 4 Classes of Compost Quality
Not all compost products are created equal, and it is silly to buy them as if they are. For a long time, there were no clear criteria set for determining unique specifications and soil amendments in compost. This made it challenging for landscape architects and other bulk compost purchasers to effectively communicate what they needed…
STA Certifications
Compost Classes I, II, and III are all types of compost products that earn a U.S. Composting Council Seal of Testing Assurance (STA). (Class IV composts undergo primary and secondary nutrient testing, but are not STA-certified, and should only be used in agricultural applications.) What does STA certification mean? STA Certification Requirements for Compost Manufacturers…
Nutrients – What Plants Need and Why!
Plants, like other living things need nutrients to keep growing. Most fertilizer packages list three plant nutrients-nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (N-P-K, in that order); Nitrogen spurs on leafy growth. With too much nitrogen, some plants will not flower; too little and plants may have pale-green or yellowish older leaves. Phosphorus encourages good blooming and root…
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